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Effectiveness of nursing interventions to increase pap smear test screening
Author(s) -
Guvenc Gulten,
Akyuz Aygul,
Yenen Mufit Cemal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21526
Subject(s) - medicine , pap smears , pap test , cervical cancer , psychological intervention , family medicine , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , population , gynecology , turkish , cervical screening , cervical cancer screening , nursing , cancer , environmental health , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a three‐stage nursing intervention to increase Turkish women's participation in Pap smear testing. Knowledge and beliefs about cervical cancer screening and barriers to Pap smears also were explored. In a quasi‐experimental study in a target population of 2,500 women, 237 completed pre‐test measures to inform the intervention, and an educational brochure was distributed to all 2,500. As a result, 510 women (20.4%) accepted free Pap smears. Of the remaining 1,990 women, 417 were randomly selected for telephone interviews, 302 participated, and 158 of these (52.3%) participated in free Pap smear testing. Of the 144 who did not have Pap smears after participating in telephone interviews, 54 were then interviewed face‐to‐face, and 20 (37.0%) decided to accept free Pap smears. A total of 668 women had accepted free Pap smears by the end of the intervention period. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36:146–157, 2013
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