Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon
INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is a malignant proliferation of the cells of the uterine cervix and can be treated if diagnosed earlier. It is the second most common gynecological malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer associated mortality among women in Africa and Cameroon. This study s...
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| author | Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai Samuel Nambile Cumber Judith K Anchang-Kimbi Kah Emmanuel Nji Joyce Shirinde Nota Damian Anong |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is a malignant proliferation of the cells of the uterine cervix and can be treated if diagnosed earlier. It is the second most common gynecological malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer associated mortality among women in Africa and Cameroon. This study sort to determine the current state of knowledge of cervical cancer and its risk factors in the Buea Health District of the South West Region of Cameroon. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional community based survey. We recruited 433 eligible women, in four (4) Health Areas (Molyko, Bolifamba, Muea and Buea Town) of the Buea Health District and used validated and pre-tested questionnaires to collect data. Collected data were keyed into Epi info version 7.2 statistical software and exported to SPSS Version 25 for analysis. Level of significance was set at P-value 0.05. RESULTS: fifty eight percent (58%) of the participants had good knowledge of cervical cancer. 58.99% (95%CI = 54.30-63.52) had good knowledge on the risk factors of cervical cancer. 40% knew at least one of the following risk factors; cigarette smoking, many sexual partners, family history of cervical cancer, being HIV/AIDS positive and giving birth 5 or more times. There was a significant association, OR = 7.5; 95%CI = 2.14-26.33; P = 0.001; X2 = 11.4 between having heard of cervical cancer and having ''good'' knowledge of cervical cancer among women in Buea. CONCLUSION: most of the women had heard of cervical cancer but the knowledge of the risk factors of cervical cancer among women aged 18-68 years in the Buea Health District is low. We found no association between awareness and knowledge of risk factors among the women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d97e9254135b462a93e725dab1d3007e2022-12-21T19:59:59ZengThe Pan African Medical JournalThe Pan African Medical Journal1937-86881937-86882019-05-01333810.11604/pamj.2019.33.38.1676716767Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, CameroonNgwayu Claude Nkfusai0Samuel Nambile Cumber1Judith K Anchang-Kimbi2Kah Emmanuel Nji3Joyce Shirinde4Nota Damian Anong5 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon Institute of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (EPSO), University of Gothenburg, Box 414, SE - 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria Private Bag X323, Gezina, Pretoria, 0001, Pretoria, South Africa Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon INTRODUCTION: Cervical cancer is a malignant proliferation of the cells of the uterine cervix and can be treated if diagnosed earlier. It is the second most common gynecological malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer associated mortality among women in Africa and Cameroon. This study sort to determine the current state of knowledge of cervical cancer and its risk factors in the Buea Health District of the South West Region of Cameroon. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional community based survey. We recruited 433 eligible women, in four (4) Health Areas (Molyko, Bolifamba, Muea and Buea Town) of the Buea Health District and used validated and pre-tested questionnaires to collect data. Collected data were keyed into Epi info version 7.2 statistical software and exported to SPSS Version 25 for analysis. Level of significance was set at P-value 0.05. RESULTS: fifty eight percent (58%) of the participants had good knowledge of cervical cancer. 58.99% (95%CI = 54.30-63.52) had good knowledge on the risk factors of cervical cancer. 40% knew at least one of the following risk factors; cigarette smoking, many sexual partners, family history of cervical cancer, being HIV/AIDS positive and giving birth 5 or more times. There was a significant association, OR = 7.5; 95%CI = 2.14-26.33; P = 0.001; X2 = 11.4 between having heard of cervical cancer and having ''good'' knowledge of cervical cancer among women in Buea. CONCLUSION: most of the women had heard of cervical cancer but the knowledge of the risk factors of cervical cancer among women aged 18-68 years in the Buea Health District is low. We found no association between awareness and knowledge of risk factors among the women. https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/33/38/pdf/38.pdf cervical cancerwomenknowledgerisk factorsbuea health district |
| spellingShingle | Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai Samuel Nambile Cumber Judith K Anchang-Kimbi Kah Emmanuel Nji Joyce Shirinde Nota Damian Anong Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon The Pan African Medical Journal cervical cancer women knowledge risk factors buea health district |
| title | Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon |
| title_full | Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon |
| title_short | Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health District, Cameroon |
| title_sort | assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the buea health district cameroon |
| topic | cervical cancer women knowledge risk factors buea health district |
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