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Volume 1, Issue 1

J Nurs Res Pract

Nursing Care & Breast Congress 2017

December 11-13, 2017

December 11-13, 2017 | Rome, Italy

Joint Event

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WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE

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EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS

Examining of women's behavior related to preventive gynecological examinations

Simona Kelcikova, Lucia Mazuchova

and

Patrícia Melchioryová

Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Introduction:

Knowledge and attitudes of women related to preventive gynaecological examinations are considered as

important in terms of their significance in relation to the early detection of gynaecological malignancies.

Design:

The study was designed as a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Material & Methods:

The aim of this study was to find out what is the level of knowledge and attitude of women to

preventive gynaecological examinations (PGP). Questionnaire was specially designed for women over the age of 18. The

questionnaire was divided into 3 areas – behavioural, knowledge, attitudes and factors that influence women to visit PGP. The

questionnaire was distributed to the sample of women n=550. The average age was 25.85 (±7.68). The response rate was 87.6

% (n=482). Data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics and the test Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test and

Spearman correlation coefficient r(S) (p<0.05).

Results:

In the behavioural area more than half of the respondents, 61.09% (4.09±1.41) visit a PGP (Pelvic Girdle Pain)

annually. Statistically significant differences were shown in all three study areas (behavioral, knowledge, attitudes) in terms of

age, education, geographical division and sex of gynaecologist (p<0.05). In knowledge women achieved under average level

of knowledge (52.11%). Most women 76.18% (4.65 ± 0.76) consider gynaecological examination as important.

Conclusion:

We identified that to the fact that the women´s level of knowledge on the preventive gynaecological examinations

is below average. Most respondents have a positive attitude to preventive gynaecological examinations. Evidences of

significant differences in terms of age, education, geographical division and sex of gynaecologist could be important argument

to strengthen more the educative role of health workers and for strengthening compliance of women with PGP.

Biography

Simona Kelčíková has completed his PhD in Nursing at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia in 2008. She currently works as an Assistant in the Department

Of Midwifery. She is professionally engaged in the modernization of the education process in midwifery, the health promotion, the sociology of health and clinical

practice. She is involved with the hand hygiene and review compliance hand hygiene in clinical practice. She is the author of two textbooks in the field of nursing

and co-author of other textbooks for Nursing and Midwifery. She publishes in the field of Nursing and Midwifery and has 129 different publishing outputs at home

and abroad.

kelcikova@jfmed.uniba.sk

Simona Kelcikova et al., J Nurs Res Pract 2017, 1:1(Suppl)