Educative Strategy to Prevent Cervicouterine Cancer

Abstract

Introduction:

Cancer is a curable disease. In Cuba, although The National Program of early diagnosis of cervicouterine cancer is implemented; the incidence is still high.

Objective:

 To modify knowledge about cervicouterine cancer, by an educative strategy.

Methods:

A quasiexperimental study was carried out at the Doctor´s Office # 21, from ¨Martha Martínez Figuera¨ Policlinic, from January, 2019 to January, 2020. The universe under study was formed by 229 women between 25 and 64 years old. The studied variables were: age when the beginning sexual relations, knowledge about the performance of the Pap Smear and the previous requisites for taking the sample, the risk factors and sexually transmitted infections associated to cervicouterine cancer. A survey was applied for the diagnosis of knowledge before and after educative strategy. For the statistical processing docima X² and the Duncan multiple comparison test were performed.

Results :

The 41.9 % of women considered correct the beginning of sexual relations between 18 and 20 years old. Before the intervention, only the 44.1 % of women answered correctly about the pap smear y periodicity. No knowledge about abortion prevailed, as previous requisite in a 54.69 % and the use of contraceptives as risk factor, in the 87.3 %. The 90.5 %, of women do not relate the Human Papilloma Virus with cervical cancer.

Conclusions:

The increasing of knowledge about cervicouterine cancer and the contribution to its prevention were achieved by the educative strategy.