Croatian Nursing Journal, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2017.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24141/2/1/1/3
Knowledge and Behaviour of Female Students in Relation to Cervical Cancer Prevention
Ivana Guljaš Slivečko
orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-1157
; GH Našice
Zvjezdana Gvozdanović
; GH Našice
Sažetak
Background. Cervical cancer is the eighth most common cancer affecting the female population in Croatia with an incidence of 13.2/100,000, which is unsatisfactory in comparison with other countries. The goal of this research is to determine if there is a difference between knowledge and behaviour of female students from different universities regarding risk factors which affect the development of cervical cancer.
Participants and methods. A cross-sectional study consisting of female students attending University Undergraduate Study of Nursing (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine in Osijek) and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate Five-Year University Class Teacher Education Studies (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Teacher Education in Osijek, dislocated programme in Slavonski Brod). The research included 80 female students whose average age was 22 years. Research was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire which contained 23 questions concerning risk factors which affect the development of cervical cancer.
Results. Participants are not familiar with the risk factors that affect the development of cervical cancer, especially the students attending the Faculty of Teacher Education — 33 of them (78.6%) (Fisher's exact test, p <0.001). Annually only 47 participants (58.8%), 28 (73.7%) of them attending the Faculty of Medicine, and considerably fewer, 19 participants (45.2%) attending the Faculty of Teacher Education (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.012), undergo gynaecological examinations and do Pap tests, or as recommended by their gynaecologist. The research shows that 19 (45.2%) participants attending the Faculty of Teacher Education use condoms for protection, compared to 28 (73.7%) participants attending the Faculty of Medicine (Fisher's exact test, p=0.0127).
Conclusion. This research shows that there is a difference in the knowledge and behaviour linked to cervical cancer prevention between female students who are students of the Study of Nursing and female students of Teacher Education Studies.
Ključne riječi
prevention of cervical cancer; risk factors and cervical cancer
Hrčak ID:
194732
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Datum izdavanja:
18.12.2017.
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