Women's knowledge about the Papanicolaou exam

Authors

  • Carolina Amancio Valente Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Viviane Andrade Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Maurícia Brochado Oliveira Soares Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro; Curso de Pós-Graduação em Atenção à Saúde
  • Sueli Riul da Silva Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro; Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000600008

Keywords:

Vaginal smears, Women's health, Uterine cervical neoplasms, Nursing

Abstract

Epidemiologic, quantitative, descriptive, transversal study. Carried out on nighttime public school, female students to assess their knowledge level regarding the Papanicolaou exam. Out of the 1035 women who were queried, 476 were over 18 and signed a release form to be part of the study. The questionnaire consisted of objective questions capable of identifying the women's a awareness regarding the exam, as well as the social epidemiologic profile of the target group. A health educational activity simulated the exam to inform the women. After the simulation, the questionnaire was repeated and it has been concluded that while 51,3% of all the women answered all questions correctly on the first instance, 75,63% of then got it right on the second time. The activity helped the women understand, to an extent, the importance of this particular exam, but this understand do not is linear.

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Published

2009-12-01

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Original Article

How to Cite

Valente, C. A., Andrade, V., Soares, M. B. O., & Silva, S. R. da. (2009). Women’s knowledge about the Papanicolaou exam. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 43(spe2), 1193-1198. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000600008