Utilisation of cervical cancer screening and factors associated with screening utilisation among women aged 30-49 years in Mertule Mariam Town, East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia, in 2021: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the practice of cervical cancer screening and its associated factors among women aged 30-49 years.

Design

Community-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Mertule Mariam Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 1 May-20 June 2021.

Participants

Women aged 30-49 years who were living in the study area were eligible for inclusion. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select study participants. A total of 488 respondents participated in the study. Data were collected by using interviewer-administered structured questionnaires. Data were entered into EpiData V.3.1 and then exported to SPSS V.25 for analysis. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done.

Outcome measures

Prevalence of cervical cancer screening and facto

SUBMITTER: Tesfaw K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685227 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature