Open AccessThe Correlation Between Age of Marriage and Parity with Women in the Act of doing Pap Smear (Study in Wisnuwardhana Surabaya Cancer Foundation Period January-June 2015)
Author(s) -
Ufiyah Hakimah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jurnal berkala epidemiologi/jurnal berkala epidemiologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-092X
pISSN - 2301-7171
DOI - 10.20473/jbe.v4i3.2016.420-431
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , medicine , parity (physics) , chi square test , gynecology , demography , obstetrics , observational study , statistical significance , univariate analysis , bivariate analysis , cancer , multivariate analysis , statistics , physics , mathematics , particle physics , pathology , sociology
Cervical cancer became the second highest cause of the women’s death in Indonesia. So, it needs prevention through the pap smear action. But, visits to perform pap smears action increased year continued to show a reduction. This research was conducted to analyze the relationship between age of marriage and parity with women in the act of doing pap smears action in Wisnuwardhana Surabaya Cancer Foundation. This research uses an analytic observational research with case control research design. The amount of the sample was 96 women of childbearing age couples were divided into 2 groups: group of cases and controls with a ratio of 1:1. This research uses Systematic Random Sampling technique and univariate then bivariate data analysis technique with chi-square test, with significance level α 20 years and have two children or more / multiparas have the opportunity to take action pap smears. It is advisable to health workers to provide information that focuses on risk factors for cervical cancer, so early detection of cervical cancer can be done, especially for those who have risk factors for cervical cancer.Keywords: age of marriage, parity, pap smear action