Cancer screening in disabled women: integrative review

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v26i3a168026

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Disabled Persons, Women's Health, Neoplasms/rehabilitation, Mass Screening

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Seeking to reduce cancer morbidity and mortality, screening strategies have been used. For screening actions to be effective, they must be available to the entire population. However, this is not the reality of women with disabilities. Objective: To identify how cancer screening has been performed in women with disabilities. Method: Integrative review with searches performed in the Pubmed, LILACS and Web of Science databases. The PICO strategy was adopted to elaborate the research question, the Mesh descriptors adjusted according to the database. Results: 25 articles were included. Women with disabilities have barriers to access the health services, among them: education, income, level of disability, marital status, not being in private health care, age, having a caregiver, lack of adaptation of services for people with disabilities and lack of knowledge of professionals and women themselves about the importance of screening. Because of these barriers, these women are less likely to have screening tests. Conclusion: Women with any type of disability are less likely to be part of breast and cervical cancer screening programs, even among developed countries.

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2019-09-30

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Boer R, Gozzo T de O. Cancer screening in disabled women: integrative review. Acta Fisiátr. [Internet]. 2019 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 26];26(3):157-63. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/actafisiatrica/article/view/168026