Knowledge, attitude and perception on cervical cancer among female students in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and perception on HPV (Human papillomavirus), cervical cancer and their associations with socio-demographic characteristics among UNIMAS female students. Data were collected using questionnaires and the samples were selected by conven...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | en en |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27678/1/Kong.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27678/4/Kong%20full.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27678/ |
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| Summary: | This cross-sectional study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and perception on HPV
(Human papillomavirus), cervical cancer and their associations with socio-demographic
characteristics among UNIMAS female students. Data were collected using questionnaires
and the samples were selected by convenience. Analysis is done using SPSS 17.0 software.
Fi e hundred respondents consented to participate in this study but only 418 completed it.
Most of them were undergraduate (n=400, 95.7%), Malay (n=217, 51.9%), and Muslim
(n=220, 52.6%) students. 101 (24.2%) of them were medical students while the remaining
(n= 317, 76.8%) were non-medical students making the total of 418. Important findings in
this study include poor knowledge on HPV and pap smear among female students in
UNIMAS. Only 31 (7.4%) of the respondents have been vaccinated with HPV vaccine.
Majority of the respondents (n=281, 95.9%) knew that HPV was transmitted sexually. There
was no significant association between level of knowledge and races. However, Chinese
respondents had a higher level of knowledge on HPV / cervical cancer probably due to the
higher incidence rate of cervical cancer among Chinese women. Most of the respondents (0=
308, 73.7%) expressed their preference for a female doctor than a male doctor to perform pap
smear on them. 316 or 80.6% ofthe respondents had poor knOWledge |
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