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Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon
INTRODUCTION: Precancerous cervical lesion is significantly a health problem globally. Thus, screening targeting women between the ages of 17-60 is being undertaken in developing countries, including Cameroon. Over 50% (7.8 per 100,000) women die of cervical cancer every year. This study was to dete...
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303943 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.174.16895 |
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author | Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude Mubah, Tchakounte Minette Yankam, Brenda Mbouamba Tambe, Tabe Armstrong Cumber, Samuel Nambile |
author_facet | Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude Mubah, Tchakounte Minette Yankam, Brenda Mbouamba Tambe, Tabe Armstrong Cumber, Samuel Nambile |
author_sort | Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Precancerous cervical lesion is significantly a health problem globally. Thus, screening targeting women between the ages of 17-60 is being undertaken in developing countries, including Cameroon. Over 50% (7.8 per 100,000) women die of cervical cancer every year. This study was to determine the prevalence of precancerous cervical lesion, the age demography and access the risk factor. METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August 09th to October 17th 2017. A total of 60 women participated, and were screened for precancerous cervical lesion. Data were collected by using a questionnaire. Visual inspection with acetic acid and visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine was applied for the screening. SPSS version 16.0 was used for data entry and analysis. Logistic regression analysis was fitted and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p-values were computed to identify factors associated with precancerous cervical cancer lesion. RESULTS: Out of 60 study participants, 2(3.33%) were found to be positive for precancerous cervical cancer lesion. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of precancerous cervical lesion in women that consulted at the Mezam polyclinic is high. |
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spelling | pubmed-66072832019-07-12 Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude Mubah, Tchakounte Minette Yankam, Brenda Mbouamba Tambe, Tabe Armstrong Cumber, Samuel Nambile Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Precancerous cervical lesion is significantly a health problem globally. Thus, screening targeting women between the ages of 17-60 is being undertaken in developing countries, including Cameroon. Over 50% (7.8 per 100,000) women die of cervical cancer every year. This study was to determine the prevalence of precancerous cervical lesion, the age demography and access the risk factor. METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August 09th to October 17th 2017. A total of 60 women participated, and were screened for precancerous cervical lesion. Data were collected by using a questionnaire. Visual inspection with acetic acid and visual inspection with Lugol’s iodine was applied for the screening. SPSS version 16.0 was used for data entry and analysis. Logistic regression analysis was fitted and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p-values were computed to identify factors associated with precancerous cervical cancer lesion. RESULTS: Out of 60 study participants, 2(3.33%) were found to be positive for precancerous cervical cancer lesion. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of precancerous cervical lesion in women that consulted at the Mezam polyclinic is high. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6607283/ /pubmed/31303943 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.174.16895 Text en © Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Nkfusai, Ngwayu Claude Mubah, Tchakounte Minette Yankam, Brenda Mbouamba Tambe, Tabe Armstrong Cumber, Samuel Nambile Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title | Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title_full | Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title_short | Prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending Mezam Polyclinic Bamenda, Cameroon |
title_sort | prevalence of precancerous cervical lesions in women attending mezam polyclinic bamenda, cameroon |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303943 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.32.174.16895 |
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