Información y actitudes relacionadas con el Papanicolaou en estudiantes de licenciatura, mujeres docentes y personal administrativo

Abstract

Abstract

THE PROGRAMS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CERVICOUTERINE CANCER (CuCa) IN MEXICO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRANSMIT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAPANICOLAOU TEST MAINLY DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION AT THE LEVEL OF THE GENERAL POPULATION IN ADDITION TO AN ATTITUD OF RESISTANCE BY WOMEN TOWARDS ITS PRACTICE. THEREFORE, THIS WORK WAS CONDUCTED TO FIND INFORMATION AND ATTITUDES RELATED TO PAPANICOLAOU IN WOMEN IN ONE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL ON THE METROPOLITAN AREA. NINE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN SURVEYS WITH 6 QUESTIONS WERE APLIED TO 674 FIRST YEAR STUDENT, 177 MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS STAFF, AND 63 TO TEACHING STAFF. A 94% TO 97.4% OF THE BIOLOGY STUDENTS, DENTAL STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATIONS STAFF AND TEACHING STAFF KNOW THAT THE CANCER IN PREVENTABLE. AN 80 TO 85.9% OF THE STUDENTS NEVER HAD THE TEST DONE. THE REASONS WHY NON-SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN DO NOT ROUTINELY HAVE THEIR TESTS DONE WERE BECAUSE OF LACK OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND LACK OF EVIDENCE OF VAGINAL INFECTION. THE SEXUALLY ACTIVE WOMEN POPULATION CONSIDERED THE TEST IS UNNECESSARY. THE MORE FREQUENT RESPONSES FROM THE POPULATION WHO IGNORES WHAT THE PAPANICOLAOU TEST IS FOR, WERE THAT THIS TEST PRODUCES UTERINE AND VAGINAL ALTERATIONS IN ADDITION TO INDUCING INFECTIONS AND ”DANGEROUS” ILLNESSES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE DID NOT GIVE A RESPONSE. IT CAN BE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS A LACK OF CLEAR AND ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAPANICOLAOU TEST IN WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY.