Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health district, Cameroon

dc.contributor.authorNkfusai, Ngwayu Claude
dc.contributor.authorCumber, Samuel Nambile
dc.contributor.authorAnchang-Kimbi, Judith K.
dc.contributor.authorNji, Kah Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorShirinde, Joyce
dc.contributor.authorAnong, Nota Damian
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-19T06:24:09Z
dc.date.available2020-08-19T06:24:09Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION : cervical cancer is a malignant proliferation of the cells of the uterine cervix and can be treated if diagnosed earlier. It is the second most common gynecological malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer associated mortality among women in Africa and Cameroon. This study sort to determine the current state of knowledge of cervical cancer and its risk factors in the Buea Health District of the South West Region of Cameroon. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional community based survey. We recruited 433 eligible women, in four (4) Health Areas (Molyko, Bolifamba, Muea and Buea Town) of the Buea Health District and used validated and pre-tested questionnaires to collect data. Collected data were keyed into Epi info version 7.2 statistical software and exported to SPSS Version 25 for analysis. Level of significance was set at P-value < 0.05. RESULTS: fifty eight percent (58%) of the participants had good knowledge of cervical cancer. 58.99% (95%CI = 54.30-63.52) had good knowledge on the risk factors of cervical cancer. 40% knew at least one of the following risk factors; cigarette smoking, many sexual partners, family history of cervical cancer, being HIV/AIDS positive and giving birth 5 or more times. There was a significant association, OR = 7.5; 95%CI = 2.14-26.33; P = 0.001; X2= 11.4 between having heard of cervical cancer and having “good” knowledge of cervical cancer among women in Buea. CONCLUSION : most of the women had heard of cervical cancer but the knowledge of the risk factors of cervical cancer among women aged 18-68 years in the Buea Health District is low. We found no association between awareness and knowledge of risk factors among the women.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSchool of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.panafrican-med-journal.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNkfusai, C.N., Cumber, S.N., Bede, F. et al. 2019, 'Assessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health district, Cameroon', Pan African Medical Journal, vol. 33, art. 38, pp. 1-9.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1937-8688 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.11604/pamj.2019.33.38.16767
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75796
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Field Epidemiology Networken_ZA
dc.rights© Ngwayu Claude Nkfusai et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectCervical canceren_ZA
dc.subjectWomenen_ZA
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_ZA
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_ZA
dc.subjectBuea Health Districten_ZA
dc.subjectCameroonen_ZA
dc.titleAssessment of the current state of knowledge and risk factors of cervical cancer among women in the Buea Health district, Cameroonen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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