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Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years

The number of hospital visits with cervical cancer as the chief complaint among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 has increased by 1.2 times between 2016 and 2020, indicating a need for active screening for the disease. This study aimed to investigate the status of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test and ide...

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Autores principales: Seo, Yun Am, Kim, Young A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37505160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034539
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description The number of hospital visits with cervical cancer as the chief complaint among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 has increased by 1.2 times between 2016 and 2020, indicating a need for active screening for the disease. This study aimed to investigate the status of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test and identify factors influencing Pap test experience among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years. An online questionnaire survey was conducted over 5 days starting from November 19, 2021. A total of 338 participants who were randomly sampled by age completed the survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t test, χ(2) test, and logistic regression. The mean age of the participants was 29.9 years, and participants with and without Pap test experience accounted for 60.7% and 39.3% of the total, respectively. There were significant differences in age, marital status, employment status, smoking status, experience of coitus, awareness of the National Cancer Screening Program, and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination status according to the Pap test experience (P < .05) of the participants. Pap test attitude, Pap test self-efficacy, cervical cancer knowledge, HPV knowledge, and cancer prevention behavior scores were significantly higher in the Pap test experience group than in the no Pap test experience group (P < .05). Logistic regression analysis showed that experience of coitus (odds ratio [OR] = 10.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.54–24.11), marital status (OR = 5.96, 95% CI: 2.25–15.77), awareness of the National Cancer Screening Program (OR = 4.39, 95% CI: 1.66–11.58), HPV vaccination (OR = 2.62, 95% CI: 1.35–5.09), employment status (OR = 2.22, 95% CI: 1.08–4.59), and self-efficacy (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.01–1.19) were the influencing factors in the Pap test experience group. To improve the Pap test screening rate among South Korean women aged 20 to 39, reinforcement strategies and intervention programs that involve age-specific approaches must be established.
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spelling pubmed-103787342023-07-29 Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years Seo, Yun Am Kim, Young A Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article: Observational Study The number of hospital visits with cervical cancer as the chief complaint among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 has increased by 1.2 times between 2016 and 2020, indicating a need for active screening for the disease. This study aimed to investigate the status of the Papanicolaou (Pap) test and identify factors influencing Pap test experience among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years. An online questionnaire survey was conducted over 5 days starting from November 19, 2021. A total of 338 participants who were randomly sampled by age completed the survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t test, χ(2) test, and logistic regression. The mean age of the participants was 29.9 years, and participants with and without Pap test experience accounted for 60.7% and 39.3% of the total, respectively. There were significant differences in age, marital status, employment status, smoking status, experience of coitus, awareness of the National Cancer Screening Program, and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination status according to the Pap test experience (P < .05) of the participants. Pap test attitude, Pap test self-efficacy, cervical cancer knowledge, HPV knowledge, and cancer prevention behavior scores were significantly higher in the Pap test experience group than in the no Pap test experience group (P < .05). Logistic regression analysis showed that experience of coitus (odds ratio [OR] = 10.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.54–24.11), marital status (OR = 5.96, 95% CI: 2.25–15.77), awareness of the National Cancer Screening Program (OR = 4.39, 95% CI: 1.66–11.58), HPV vaccination (OR = 2.62, 95% CI: 1.35–5.09), employment status (OR = 2.22, 95% CI: 1.08–4.59), and self-efficacy (OR = 1.09, 95% CI: 1.01–1.19) were the influencing factors in the Pap test experience group. To improve the Pap test screening rate among South Korean women aged 20 to 39, reinforcement strategies and intervention programs that involve age-specific approaches must be established. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10378734/ /pubmed/37505160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034539 Text en Copyright © 2023 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years
title_full Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years
title_fullStr Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years
title_short Factors associated with Pap test screening among South Korean women aged 20 to 39 years
title_sort factors associated with pap test screening among south korean women aged 20 to 39 years
topic Research Article: Observational Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37505160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000034539
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