Nursing’s Role with cervical cancer screening in Upper Egypt | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 15, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2013, Pages 165-170 PDF (275.12 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2013.57396 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Howieda Fouly1; Marilyn Stringer2; Atef Darwish3; Dalal Eshra4; Sahar Naguib5; Mohamed Galal6 | ||
| 1MSN, Assistant Lecturer of Obstetrics & Gynecology Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University | ||
| 2PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN University of Pennsylvania | ||
| 3PhD, MD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Assiut University Assiut | ||
| 4PhD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Nursing , Faculty of Nursing Monofia University. Monofia Egyp | ||
| 5PhD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University,Egypt. | ||
| 6PhD, MD, Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University,Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Women in developing countries face many barriers that prevent them from receiving adequate, timely cervical cancer screening. In Egypt the prevalence of cervical cancer was 7.8/100,000 with 2713 newly annual reported cases. Objectives: to increase women’s awareness of cervical cancer risk using counseling and to determine nursing’s role in the screening tests. Methods: A cross sectional design, of non-pregnant, non-virginal women was recruited. Results: 450 non-pregnant women were counseled and consented for screening. The nurse was able to identify squamous columnar junction 100%. In comparing positive visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) to pap smear screening results, findings were 17.1% (n=77) and 5.1% (n=68) , respectively. In comparing negative VIA to pap smear screening results, findings were 82.9 % (n=373) and 83.8% (n=377), respectively. Conclusion: Nurse’s performing VIA is as effective screening tool for determining precancerous or cancerous cervical lesions | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cervical Cancer; Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA); Nurse’s Role; Cancer screening; counseling | ||
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