Osong Public Health Res Perspect.  2017 Feb;8(1):61-64. 10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.1.08.

Analysis of Factors Affecting Women of Childbearing Age to Screen Using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid

• Sidabutar
• Martini S
• Wahyuni CU

• KMID: 2386102
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.1.08

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient factors such as knowledge, attitude, motivation, perception, socio-economic status and travel time to health facilities and assess how these factors affected patients' decision to pursue cervical cancer screening with visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).
METHODS
A total of 80 women of childbearing age who visited Kenjeran and Balongsari Public Health Centers for health assessments were involved in this study. Patients who agreed to participate in the study underwent a verbal questionnaire to evaluate various factors.
RESULTS
Bivariate analysis concluded that knowledge, attitude, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities were significantly different between women who received VIA screening and women who did not receive VIA screening (p < 0.05). The factors of knowledge, attitudes, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and the travel time to health facilities accounted for 2.920-fold, 2.043-fold, 3.704-fold, 2.965-fold, 3.198-fold and 2.386-fold possibility, respectively, of patients to pursue cervical cancer screening with VIA. Multivariate analysis showed that perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities were the most important factors influencing whether or not women pursued VIA screening.
CONCLUSION
Knowledge, attitude, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities appears to affect women's' decision to pursue cervical cancer screening with VIA, with the largest intake being the motivational factor.

Keyword

cervical cancer; screening; early detection; visual inspection with acetic acid

MeSH Terms

Acetic Acid*
Female
Health Facilities
Humans
Mass Screening
Motivation
Multivariate Analysis
Public Health
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Acetic Acid