Factors affecting utilization of cervical cancer screening services among women attending public hospitals in Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2018; Case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incidence and mortality of cervical cancer is the leading cancer among women in Ethiopia. Absence of effective detection methods and treatment strategies is a major reason for the sharply rising cervical cancer rates in developing countries.

Objective

To determine factors affecting utilization of cervical cancer screening services among women attending public hospitals in Tigray region in 2018.

Methods

Hospital based unmatched case control study was applied with sample size of 312 cases and 312 controls. Data was entered to Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20. The odds ratio with their 95% confidence interval, two-tailed P value was calculated. Variables with P value ≤ 0.05 in the bivariate analysis were included in the multivariate logisti

SUBMITTER: Teame H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6417770 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature