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Effectiveness of informtion booklet regarding cervical cancer on knowledge and attittude among women in rural community

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Shital Dattatray Chavan, Rajalin sharifa
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si11.019

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a public health problem in developing countries like India, so much so that India alone accounts for one-quarter of the worldwide burden of cervical cancers. It is the one of the leading causes of cancer mortality. Study is performed to Improve knowledge and change in attitude regarding cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is usually asymptomatic in its pre invasive and early stages, although women may notice a watery or mucoid vaginal discharge. In the majority of cases, the disease is discovered by Pap test during routine examination. Cervical cancer is the third largest cause of cancer mortality in India Aim of the study-Aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of informtion booklet regarding cervical cancer on knowledge and attittude among women in rural community.Methodology-The situation is more alarming in the rural areas where the majority of women are illiterate and ignorant about the hazards of cervical cancer thus by giving information booklet on cervical cancer along with modified Likert attitude scale and questionnaire administered by using one group pre tet post test design increase in knowledge and change in attittud of women achieved.Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Persistent infection with oncogenic human papilloma virus (HPV), most frequently contracted through genital skin to skin contact/vaginal intercourse, is necessary for the development of cervical cancer and high-grade precursor lesions. Result- Data shows overall mean score of pre and post study based on modified attitude scale regarding cervical cancer with application of Wilcoxon Signed rank Test. Over all mean score of pre-test is 6.45 with standard deviation of 3.24. Over all mean score of post-test is 15.43 with standard deviation of 3.83.Wilcoxon Signed rank Test value is 7.631 which is statistically significant at 0.01% level of significance. The difference in mean score is 8.98 which show improvement in attitude score thus null hypothesis (H0) was stated. A comparison of pre test and post test attitue rearding cervial cancer before and after distribution of information booklet. Data about compare pretest and posttest knowledge score of women .in that pretest mean score was 8.4250±6.0332 which was increased in post test mean knowledge score 19.45±3.82. As the calculated t-value is 21.44 and p-value= ˂0.00001, where p˂0.05, Significant at 0.05 level of significance..conclusion- There is effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge and attitude regarding cervical cancer among women in rural community. Hence there will be significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge and attitude regarding cervical cancer among women in rural community.

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