Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021.
Background: cervical cancer, despite it is a preventable disease, in Ecuador it is the second most incident cancer in women, in 2018 it was the eighth cause of death in this gender. The training of gynecologists in prevention, diagnosis and treatment is a cardinal point in the management of the p...
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| author | Galarza Guaicha, Erika Priscila Tapia Vanegas, Jorge Luis |
| author2 | Vega Crespo, Bernardo José |
| author_facet | Vega Crespo, Bernardo José Galarza Guaicha, Erika Priscila Tapia Vanegas, Jorge Luis |
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| description | Background: cervical cancer, despite it is a preventable disease, in Ecuador it is
the second most incident cancer in women, in 2018 it was the eighth cause of death
in this gender. The training of gynecologists in prevention, diagnosis and treatment
is a cardinal point in the management of the pathology.
Objective: to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices on cervical cancer
prevention in gynecologists from Cuenca.
Methodology: it is a descriptive, quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional study, it
was conducted in 110 gynecologists from Cuenca; an online and face-to-face survey
was carried out using a validated questionnaire that describes knowledge, attitudes,
and practices about cervical cancer prevention and general characteristics of the
participants. Data were analyzed with SPSS software.
Results: according to the characteristics of the participants, 37.3% of participants
are between 31 and 40 years old, 21.8% have been a physician between 11 and 15
years, 24.5% have been a gynecologist between 6 and 10 years, 31.8% attend from
11 to 15 patients per day, 52.7% work from 21 to 40 hours per week, and 53.6%
work in the private sector. Regarding knowledge, 68.2% have limited knowledge,
29.1% regular and 2.7% good. Regarding prevention attitudes, 46.4% are good,
25.5% are regular and 28.2% are insufficient. Regarding prevention practices,
49.1% are insufficient, 44.5% regular and 6.4% good
Conclusions: according to the results obtained based on the questionnaire scales,
the level of knowledge and practices for the prevention of cervical cancer were
limited; however, the attitudes for its prevention were good. |
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| spelling | oai:dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec:123456789-359822021-04-11T06:01:01Z Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. Galarza Guaicha, Erika Priscila Tapia Vanegas, Jorge Luis Vega Crespo, Bernardo José Medicina Oncología Ginecología Background: cervical cancer, despite it is a preventable disease, in Ecuador it is the second most incident cancer in women, in 2018 it was the eighth cause of death in this gender. The training of gynecologists in prevention, diagnosis and treatment is a cardinal point in the management of the pathology. Objective: to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices on cervical cancer prevention in gynecologists from Cuenca. Methodology: it is a descriptive, quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional study, it was conducted in 110 gynecologists from Cuenca; an online and face-to-face survey was carried out using a validated questionnaire that describes knowledge, attitudes, and practices about cervical cancer prevention and general characteristics of the participants. Data were analyzed with SPSS software. Results: according to the characteristics of the participants, 37.3% of participants are between 31 and 40 years old, 21.8% have been a physician between 11 and 15 years, 24.5% have been a gynecologist between 6 and 10 years, 31.8% attend from 11 to 15 patients per day, 52.7% work from 21 to 40 hours per week, and 53.6% work in the private sector. Regarding knowledge, 68.2% have limited knowledge, 29.1% regular and 2.7% good. Regarding prevention attitudes, 46.4% are good, 25.5% are regular and 28.2% are insufficient. Regarding prevention practices, 49.1% are insufficient, 44.5% regular and 6.4% good Conclusions: according to the results obtained based on the questionnaire scales, the level of knowledge and practices for the prevention of cervical cancer were limited; however, the attitudes for its prevention were good. Background: cervical cancer, despite it is a preventable disease, in Ecuador it is the second most incident cancer in women, in 2018 it was the eighth cause of death in this gender. The training of gynecologists in prevention, diagnosis and treatment is a cardinal point in the management of the pathology. Objective: to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices on cervical cancer prevention in gynecologists from Cuenca. Methodology: it is a descriptive, quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional study, it was conducted in 110 gynecologists from Cuenca; an online and face-to-face survey was carried out using a validated questionnaire that describes knowledge, attitudes, and practices about cervical cancer prevention and general characteristics of the participants. Data were analyzed with SPSS software. Results: according to the characteristics of the participants, 37.3% of participants are between 31 and 40 years old, 21.8% have been a physician between 11 and 15 years, 24.5% have been a gynecologist between 6 and 10 years, 31.8% attend from 11 to 15 patients per day, 52.7% work from 21 to 40 hours per week, and 53.6% work in the private sector. Regarding knowledge, 68.2% have limited knowledge, 29.1% regular and 2.7% good. Regarding prevention attitudes, 46.4% are good, 25.5% are regular and 28.2% are insufficient. Regarding prevention practices, 49.1% are insufficient, 44.5% regular and 6.4% good Conclusions: according to the results obtained based on the questionnaire scales, the level of knowledge and practices for the prevention of cervical cancer were limited; however, the attitudes for its prevention were good. Médico Cuenca 2021-04-05T14:50:28Z 2021-04-05T14:50:28Z 2021-04-05 bachelorThesis proyecto de investigación http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/35982 spa MED;2559 Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ openAccess application/pdf 66 páginas application/pdf Universidad de Cuenca |
| spellingShingle | Medicina Oncología Ginecología Galarza Guaicha, Erika Priscila Tapia Vanegas, Jorge Luis Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title | Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title_full | Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title_fullStr | Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title_short | Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. Cantón Cuenca, 2021. |
| title_sort | conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre prevención cáncer cervicouterino en médicos ginecólogos. cantón cuenca, 2021. |
| topic | Medicina Oncología Ginecología |
| url | http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/35982 |
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