Asociación entre conocimientos acerca del cáncer de cuello uterino y realizarse una prueba de Papanicolau en mujeres peruanas

Guido Bendezu-Quispe; Anderson N. Soriano-Moreno; Diego Urrunaga-Pastor; Gino Venegas-Rodríguez; Vicente A. Benites-Zapata

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2020.371.4730

Authors

Guido Bendezu-Quispe Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú. Magíster en Informática Biomédica
Anderson N. Soriano-Moreno Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Unión, Lima, Perú. estudiante de Medicina
Diego Urrunaga-Pastor Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú. estudiante de Medicina
Gino Venegas-Rodríguez Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de Piura, Lima, Perú. Clínica Angloamericana, Lima, Perú. ginecólogo oncólogo
Vicente A. Benites-Zapata Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú. magíster en Investigación Epidemiológica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.371.4730

Keywords:

Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Papanicolaou Test, Papillomaviridae, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Abstract

Objetives: To estimate the association between having knowledge about cervical cancer (CC) and having a Pap test (PAP) in Peruvian women over 30 years old. Materials and Methods: A secondary analysis of the Demographic and Family Health Survey of the years 2015 to 2017 was carried out. The level of knowledge was evaluated using the questions, do you think that cancer can be prevented?, Have you ever heard of CC?, Have you ever heard of human papillomavirus (HPV)? And do you think HPV can cause CC? The dependent variable was the realization of a PAP in the last two years. To estimate the association, generalized linear models of the raw and adjusted Poisson family were used. The measure of association was the adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) with its respective 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: Data from 21 563 women were analyzed. The prevalence of having performed a PAP in the last two years was 52.4%. It was found that, those who responded that cancer can be prevented (aPR = 1.09; 95% CI: 1.01-1.17), who had heard of CC (aPR = 1.27; 95% CI: 1.14-1 , 40) or HPV (aPR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.13-1.28) or who responded that HPV could cause CC (aPR = 1.21; 95% CI: 1.11-1.33) had a higher prevalence of having performed a PAP in the last two years. Conclusions: Having knowledge about CC and HPV has been associated with having performed a PAP in the last two years.