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Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer among Korean women and is one of the most preventable cancers in the world. This study aimed to investigate the change in cervical cancer screening rates, the level of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening particip...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23742100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-553 |
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author | Lee, Minjee Park, Eun-Cheol Chang, Hoo-Sun Kwon, Jeoung A Yoo, Ki Bong Kim, Tae Hyun |
author_facet | Lee, Minjee Park, Eun-Cheol Chang, Hoo-Sun Kwon, Jeoung A Yoo, Ki Bong Kim, Tae Hyun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer among Korean women and is one of the most preventable cancers in the world. This study aimed to investigate the change in cervical cancer screening rates, the level of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening participation, and whether there was a reduction in these disparities between 1998 and 2010. METHODS: Using the Korean Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, women 30 years or older without a history of cervical cancer and who completed a health questionnaire, physical examination, and nutritional survey were included (n = 17,105). Information about participation in cervical cancer screening was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between cervical cancer screening participation and the socioeconomic status of the women. RESULTS: The cervical cancer screening rate increased from 40.5% in 1998 to 52.5% in 2010. Socioeconomic disparities influenced participation, and women with lower educational levels and lower household income were less likely to be screened. Compared with the lowest educational level, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for screening in women with the highest educational level were 1.56 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05–2.30) in 1998, and 1.44 (95% CI: 1.12–1.87) in 2010. Compared with women with the lowest household income level, the adjusted ORs for screening in women with the highest household income level were 1.80 (95% CI: 1.22–2.68), 2.82 (95% CI: 2.01–3.96), and 1.45 (95% CI: 1.08–1.94) in 2001, 2005, and 2010, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although population-wide progress has been made in participation in cervical cancer screening over the 12-year period, socioeconomic status remained an important factor in reducing compliance with cancer screening. |
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spelling | pubmed-36828612013-06-15 Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 Lee, Minjee Park, Eun-Cheol Chang, Hoo-Sun Kwon, Jeoung A Yoo, Ki Bong Kim, Tae Hyun BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the sixth most common cause of cancer among Korean women and is one of the most preventable cancers in the world. This study aimed to investigate the change in cervical cancer screening rates, the level of socioeconomic disparities in cervical cancer screening participation, and whether there was a reduction in these disparities between 1998 and 2010. METHODS: Using the Korean Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, women 30 years or older without a history of cervical cancer and who completed a health questionnaire, physical examination, and nutritional survey were included (n = 17,105). Information about participation in cervical cancer screening was collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationship between cervical cancer screening participation and the socioeconomic status of the women. RESULTS: The cervical cancer screening rate increased from 40.5% in 1998 to 52.5% in 2010. Socioeconomic disparities influenced participation, and women with lower educational levels and lower household income were less likely to be screened. Compared with the lowest educational level, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for screening in women with the highest educational level were 1.56 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05–2.30) in 1998, and 1.44 (95% CI: 1.12–1.87) in 2010. Compared with women with the lowest household income level, the adjusted ORs for screening in women with the highest household income level were 1.80 (95% CI: 1.22–2.68), 2.82 (95% CI: 2.01–3.96), and 1.45 (95% CI: 1.08–1.94) in 2001, 2005, and 2010, respectively. CONCLUSION: Although population-wide progress has been made in participation in cervical cancer screening over the 12-year period, socioeconomic status remained an important factor in reducing compliance with cancer screening. BioMed Central 2013-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3682861/ /pubmed/23742100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-553 Text en Copyright © 2013 Lee et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lee, Minjee Park, Eun-Cheol Chang, Hoo-Sun Kwon, Jeoung A Yoo, Ki Bong Kim, Tae Hyun Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title | Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title_full | Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title_fullStr | Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title_short | Socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among Korean women: 1998–2010 |
title_sort | socioeconomic disparity in cervical cancer screening among korean women: 1998–2010 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682861/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23742100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-553 |
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