A cross-sectional household survey was conducted to explore the level of
knowledge, understanding and beliefs of cervical cancer and screening. The
sampling frame for the study was obtained from the Department of Statistics,
Malaysia through multi-stage sampling by district, enumeration block (EB),
and living quarters (LQ). This strategy yielded in total 253 EB and 30,185
LQ within two selected districts in state of Selangor. This paper presents findings
for the Petaling district in Selangor. Of the targeted 280 women residents,
the study covered 231 women respondents living in Petaling Jaya
city, Petaling district in Selangor in 2007, resulting in a response rate of
82.5%. Ethical approval was granted by the Medical Ethics Committee of University
of Malaya Medical Centre on 21 July 2004. The knowledge questions
were objective with options of true, false or unsure. Correct answers were
given a score of 1, wrong answers a score of −1 and those who were unsure
were given a score of 0. The association between knowledge of cervical
cancer (4 questions on knowledge of risk factors, 10 questions on signs and
symptoms and 4 questions on treatment) and screening practice was analyzed
using Poisson regression. Factors of the model were considered statistically
significant if the 95% confidence interval for the prevalence ratios did
not include a value of 1. All analyses were performed using STATA 12.0.
A cross-sectional household survey was conducted to explore the level ofknowledge, understanding and beliefs of cervical cancer and screening. Thesampling frame for the study was obtained from the Department of Statistics,Malaysia through multi-stage sampling by district, enumeration block (EB),and living quarters (LQ). This strategy yielded in total 253 EB and 30,185LQ within two selected districts in state of Selangor. This paper presents findingsfor the Petaling district in Selangor. Of the targeted 280 women residents,the study covered 231 women respondents living in Petaling Jayacity, Petaling district in Selangor in 2007, resulting in a response rate of82.5%. Ethical approval was granted by the Medical Ethics Committee of Universityof Malaya Medical Centre on 21 July 2004. The knowledge questionswere objective with options of true, false or unsure. Correct answers weregiven a score of 1, wrong answers a score of −1 and those who were unsurewere given a score of 0. The association between knowledge of cervicalcancer (4 questions on knowledge of risk factors, 10 questions on signs andsymptoms and 4 questions on treatment) and screening practice was analyzedusing Poisson regression. Factors of the model were considered statisticallysignificant if the 95% confidence interval for the prevalence ratios didnot include a value of 1. All analyses were performed using STATA 12.0.
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