Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid and lugol's iodine among women attending the family planning clinic in mulago hospital.

dc.contributor.author Busingye, Priscilla
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-15T14:13:12Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-15T14:13:12Z
dc.date.issued 2008-05
dc.description A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the academic degree of masters of medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology of makerere university. en_US
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the commonest malignancy among women in Uganda. Over 80% of patients diagnosed with cervical cancer in Mulago hospital present with advanced disease. Cytology based screening services are not feasible for low resource settings like Uganda. It is proposed that visual inspection with acetic acid and Lugol’s iodine is an alternative method to cytology. There are already programs going on with VIA/VILI but since they are new methods we need to know the acceptability of cervical cancer screening using these methods in Ugandan women. OBJECTIVES: The main objective of the study was to determine acceptability of cervical cancer screening using VIA/VILI among women attending the family planning clinics at mulago hospital. METHODS: It was a cross-sectional study with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A total of 384 participants were recruited in the study RESULTS: Participants who accepted cervical cancer screening using VIA/VILI were 229. Of these, 209 that is, 91.3% were willing to recommend others for the same service while 223 participants that is 98.7% would return for the same screening if the need arose. 155 participants out of 384 did not accept screening. The reasons for refusal included; fear of undressing, fear of the speculum and fear of results. Findings were similar in the FGD. CONCLUSIONS: Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using VIA/VILI was found to be very high among women attending family planning in Mulago hospital. Some women refuse screening because of fear of instruments, undressing and fear of knowing that they might have cancer. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/601
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Cervical cancer screening, en_US
dc.subject Visual inspection, en_US
dc.subject Acetic acid and Lugol's iodine, en_US
dc.subject Family planning women, en_US
dc.subject Mulago hospital, en_US
dc.subject Obstetrics and gynaecology, en_US
dc.subject Cytology based screening, en_US
dc.subject Uganda, en_US
dc.subject VIA / VILI, en_US
dc.subject Cancer. en_US
dc.title Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection with acetic acid and lugol's iodine among women attending the family planning clinic in mulago hospital. en_US
dc.type Thesis, masters en_US
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