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Medicina clínica y social
On-line version ISSN 2521-2281
Abstract
TOKUMOTO-VALERA, Fiorella Sumiko et al. Factors that favor cervical cancer screening in women aged 12 to 49: sub-analysis of the 2019 demographic and family health survey, Peru. Med. clín. soc. [online]. 2023, vol.7, n.1, pp.17-25. ISSN 2521-2281. https://doi.org/10.52379/mcs.v7i1.268.
Introduction:
The Papanicolaou test smear helps detect cervical cancer in a timely manner in routine intervention.
Objective:
To analyze factors associated with screening for cervical cancer in women aged 12 to 49 years in Peru in 2019.
Methods:
An observational, analytical-cross-sectional study of a secondary analysis of data from 2019 Demographic and Family Health Survey was carried out. Two-stage, probabilistic, balanced, and stratified sampling. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used (level of inference p<0.05). For the bivariate and multivariate analysis, prevalence ratios were used with a 95% confidence interval and p<0.05.
Results:
The frequency of cervical cancer screening in the political regions with the lowest prevalence values were Pasco (0.52%) and Tumbes (0.55%).
Discussion:
The factors associated with cervical cancer screening are age, having a partner, higher education level, poor socioeconomic level, residing in a rural area, having health insurance, age at the start of sexual relations, and having heard of cervical cancer.
Keywords : Cancer; cervix; pap smear; screening; Peru.