Cervical cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women globally and in Africa. Its outcome can be improved through screening. Despite its high burden, low level of practice of cervical cancer screening has been reported among nurses. The aim of the study was to determine the attitude and practice of cervical cancer screening (CCS) among nurses in University of Benin teaching hospital Benin City Edo State. A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used for this study. 298 respondents was determined by Taro Yamane formular and the 298 respondents were selected using a simple random sampling technique. An interviewer administered questionnaire with reliability index of 0.8 was used to collect data from respondents. Data was analysed using IBSM SPSS version 20.0. presented in the descriptive statistics in form of frequencies, percentages and mean including inferential statistics were also used. P-level was set at 0.05 at 95% CI. The demographic characteristics of this study conclude that majority of respondents are within the ages of 20 -40years (51.4%), from Edo ethnic group (74.8%) and Christian by religion (96.3%). The result also show that majority of the respondents’ highest academic qualification is Diploma (basic/post-basic professional qualifications) (51.7%), 1 to 10years of Experience (52%) and married (71.4%) with 1–3 number of children (38.8%). Finding of this study shows that the attitude of respondents about cervical cancer screening is positive (` x=3.26), but the practice level is very low(30%). Hypothesis tested shows that there is no statistically significant relationship between years of experience and practice of cervical cancer screening among nurses in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City (P = 0.607). In conclusion, the study reported high attitude towards cervical cancer screening and poor practice of cervical cancer screening among nurses.
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- Attitude; Practice; Cervical Cancer Screening; Nurses.
- ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
