SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE 50-YEAR-OLD USERS FOR PAPANICOLAOU SCREENING AT A NASCA HOSPITAL

Zambrano A.R.C.P.; Talavera J.E.; Ramirez-Ortega A.P.; Suárez Egoávil C.A. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2023) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v23i2.5645

Resumen

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the sociocultural factors in 50-year-old users for Pap smears at the Ricardo Cruzado Rivarola de Nasca hospital during the period December 2021 - February 2022. Material and Methods: Observational, analytical, and prospective study. The study population is made up of 80 50-year-old users who attend the Ricardo Cruzado Rivarola hospital for Pap tests at the gynecology-obstetrics office and the sample is 67 users, selected by non-probabilistic sampling for convenience. Results: For the first analysis, in simple regression, it was found that women with high levels of knowledge had a 153% higher frequency of having ever performed a PAP and women with a high level of knowledge had a 384% higher frequency of having ever performed a PAP. a PAP, compared to those with a low level of knowledge. Then, in the multiple regression it was shown that women with a high level of knowledge had a 382% greater frequency of ever having a PAP test, compared to those who had a low level of knowledge. Conclusions: The level of knowledge about the PAP has a relevant influence on having carried out a PAP; but also the women who had a high level were the ones who had the highest frequency of having done it. This added to the number of children; possibly because in the circles of women with children one of the topics to be discussed is about maternal health and within them the PAP.

Instituciones: Universidad Ricardo Palma; Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista