Sondang Sidabutar and Santi Martini and Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni (2017) Analysis of Factors Affecting Women of Childbearing Age to Screen Using Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid. Osong Public Health Res Perspect. pp. 61-64. ISSN 2233-6052

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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate patient factors such as knowledge, attitude,motivation, perception, socio-economic status and travel time to health facilities and assess how these factors affected patients’ decision to pursue cervical cancer screening with visual inspec-tion with acetic acid (VIA).Methods: A total of 80 women of childbearing age who visited Kenjeran and Balongsari Public Health Centers for health assessments were involved in this study. Patients who agreed to par- ticipate in the study underwent a verbal questionnaire to evaluate various factors.Results: Bivariate analysis concluded that knowledge, attitude, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities were significantly different between women who received VIA screening and women who did not receive VIA screening (p < 0.05). The factors of knowledge, attitudes, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and the travel time to health facilities accounted for 2.920-fold, 2.043-fold, 3.704-fold, 2.965-fold, 3.198-fold and 2.386-fold possibility, respectively, of patients to pursue cervical cancer screening with VIA. Multivariate analysis showed that perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities were the most important factors influencing whether or not women pursued VIA screening. Conclusion: Knowledge, attitude, motivation, perception, socio-economic status, and travel time to health facilities appears to affect women’s’ decision to pursue cervical cancer screening with VIA, with the largest intake being the motivational factor.

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