Abstract
Objective: To investigate factors which influence cervical cancer screening rates in female healthcare workers.
Methods: Subjects were all female healthcare workers working in the Takeda Hospital Group who agreed to participate in the survey. The survey was carried out using a question sheet and responses were anonymous, It asked for information concerning the following; 1) age and type of job, 2) receiving cervical cancer screening or not and the reasons, 3)knowledge of 10 items containing cervical cancer and the HPV test, 4) knowledge of 5 items concerning HPV vaccine.
Results: Question sheets were distributed to about 2,000 female healthcare workers. Of them 1,872 responded and the number of effective responses was 1,846 (98.6%). Among these respondents, 517 were in their twenties, and 508 in their thirties, accounting for more than half of the total. As for occupation, 758 (41.1%) were nursing staff. Of the effective respondents,1009 (54.7%) had undergone cervical cancer screening As for the reasons, health management was given by 467 workers (46.3%) and 230 (22.8%) gave availability of examination assistance system. As reasons for not receiving screening, 644 (76.9%) said they had no opportunity to undergo screening and 497 (59.4%) gave absence of subjective symptoms. Awareness of the examination assistance system was higher among subjects receiving cervical cancer screening than in those not receiving it.
Conclusion: Awareness of the examination assistance system was higher in subjects receiving cervical cancer screening than in those not receiving it.
