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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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45th WORLD CONGRESS ON NURSING CARE
8TH EUROPEAN BREAST CONGRESS
Korean mothers ‘opinion about daughters’ Pap test
Hae Won Kim
Seoul National University, South Korea
Background: This study aimed to determine the health beliefs of mothers about preventing cervical cancer in their daughters,
their intention to recommend the Pap test to their daughters, and the factors influencing this intention.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey design was employed, and the study enrolled mothers (n=1,581) of pubescent girls aged 13
to 18 years who were living nationwide in Korea. The impacts of health beliefs of the mothers on their intention to recommend
the Pap test to their daughters were assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: The significant health beliefs influencing the intention to recommend the Pap test were the perceived barriers [odds
ratio (OR)= 1.47, 95% confidence interval (95% CI)=1.03–2.11] and benefits (OR=2.25, 95% CI=1.55–3.25). The significant
sociodemographic factors of mothers were their education (OR=1.52, 95% CI=1.08–2.13), their experience of talking about
the Pap test with their daughters (OR=2.11, 95% CI=1.23–3.64), their regularity of undergoing the Pap test themselves
(OR=1.98, 95% CI=1.30–3.03), and their age when they first underwent the Pap test (OR=1.60, 95% CI=1.43–0.82).
Conclusions: Most of the mothers had an intention of recommending the Pap test to their daughters. To promote mothers’
intention, it is necessary that increasing their perceptions of the benefits while reducing their perceptions of barriers toward
their daughters undergoing the Pap test, and by empowering active communication about the Pap test between mothers and
daughters.
Biography
Hae Won Kim has completed her PhD from Seoul National University and Postdoctoral studies from University of Michigan, School of Nursing. She has been
serving as an Editorial Board Member of Asian Nursing Research and Journal of Korean Medical Science. Currently she has been a Professor at Seoul National
University College of Nursing.
Hae Won Kim, J Nurs Res Pract 2017, 1:1(Suppl)