Public Awareness toward Cervical Cancer among Saudi Females in AL-Ahsa city, Saudi Arabia

Al-Muhanna, Mahdi Mousa; Alkhalifah, Sadiq Jawad; Al-Muhanna, Mufeed Mohammed; Alkhars, Jawad Ahmad; Hanfish, Afnan Tawfiq; Al-yousif, Zainab Moosa; ALIbrahim, Sukaina Hussain; ALHumud, Sakinah Salman; AlMajed, Rabab Abdrab Alnabi; Bin Alshaykh, Fatimah Basim; AlHassan, Khadijah Jassim

doi:10.21608/ejhm.2018.16739

Public Awareness toward Cervical Cancer among Saudi Females in AL-Ahsa city, Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Original Article

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Maternity and children hospital in Al-Ahsa city, Saudi Arabia

10.21608/ejhm.2018.16739

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it leads to death if not diagnosed early and treated properly. Also, it is considered as one of the most common cancer related death in developing countries.
Objectives: To assess the level of awareness toward cervical cancer, risk factors, early detection and prevention among Saudi females.
Methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out among 450 Saudi females aged 18-60 years old in the period from August 2018 to September 2018. The participants were randomly chosen for this study.
Results: 450 participated Saudi females have filled the questionnaires. The vast majority of participants had heard about cervical cancer (86.7%) but most of participants (80%) do not know if HPV infection could transmit from husband to wife. More than half of participants (61%) knew that there is available vaccine against human papilloma virus. 90% of participants have never done cervical screening to detect HPV or cervical cancer.
Conclusion: There is low level of awareness towards cervical cancer and its prevention’s methods among Saudi females. Thus, we need to increase the educational campaigns to increase the level of awareness about this fetal disease and its prevention methods.

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