STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CERVICAL CANCER AMONG REPRODUCTIVE AGE GROUP WOMEN WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP INFORMATION BOOKLET

Author Name: Ms. Rupinder Kaur

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434, DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2020-38276729/

Affiliation:

Assistant Professor, Sri Guru Ram Das College of Nursing, Affiliated with Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Mehta Road, Vallah, Sri Amritsar., Punjab, India

ABSTRACT

The cervix is very important part of a women’s body that helps her to reproduce. Awareness is the key to good health. The present study is concerned with assessment of knowledge level among reproductive age women regarding cervical cancer in a view to prepare information booklet at SGRD Hospital, Vallah, Sri Amritsar. This study also finds association between the level of knowledge among reproductive age women with selected socio demographic variables. Quantitative research approach with descriptive design was used to collect data. Convenient sampling was used to select 60 reproductive age group women who are admitted in gynecological department of SGRD Hospital, Vllah, Sri Amritsar during morning and evening shift. Tool was consist of two parts: Part 1: consist of information about study subject regarding socio demographic variables and Part 2: consist of 20 questionnaire regarding cervical cancer. Results shows that 33% of reproductive age women had average knowledge, 43.3% had good knowledge and only 23.3% had excellent knowledge regarding cervical cancer which suggest that overall knowledge score is relatively adequate. Socio demographic variables such as residence, occupation and previous knowledge are found to be significant while other variables are non significant with knowledge of cervical cancer. On the basis of the findings of the study, it is recommended that a similar study can be conducted on large sample to generalize the findings. Secondly, a comparative study between different areas like urban and rural can also be carried out for future work.

Key words: Knowledge, Cervical Cancer, Reproductive age women, Information Booklet