Quality of cervical cancer screening and detection actions: aspects related to the performance of examinations and guidance of users in the Midwest
International Journal of Development Research
Quality of cervical cancer screening and detection actions: aspects related to the performance of examinations and guidance of users in the Midwest
Received 09th February, 2018; Received in revised form; 19th March, 2018; Accepted 24th April, 2018; Published online 28th May, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Fernando Pierette Ferrari, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cervical cancer (UCC) is an important public health problem. The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is among the control strategies of the UCC for the screening of the disease. The objective of this study was to analyze the quality of UCC tracing and detection actions. This is a cross-sectional study with secondary data from the database of the Department of Primary Care of the Ministry of Health, collected at the national level. It included women interviewed in the Midwest region (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Federal District). We analyzed issues related to the Pap smear and the guidance offered to women regarding the disease and the examination. The statistical analysis was performed considering a level of significance of 5%. When cycles 1 and cycle 2 were compared, there was a reduction in the mean time between the last Pap smear and the interview. There was an increase in the percentage of women who received guidance regarding the importance of the UCC preventive examination and when to repeat it, however, this percentage is still insufficient for women to adhere to the actions proposed by the UCC control program.
