THE INFLUENCE OF ATTITUDINAL AND MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS OF WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE (WUS) ON THE ACTION OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING ACETIC ACID VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD (IVA) IN THE WORKING AREA OF SITINJO HEALTH CENTRE DAIRI DISTRICT

Authors

  • Risdiana Melinda Naibaho Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Medan

Keywords:

Cervical cancer, VIA, women of childbearing age

Abstract

Cervical cancer is a carcinoma that grows inside the cervix / cervix caused by HVP (Human Paviloma Virus). in Indonesia shows an increase from 1.4 per 1000 population in 2013 to 1.79 per 1000 population in 2018. This cancer should be found at an earlier stage, but is often recognised at an advanced stage (70%) leading to a high mortality rate. The coverage of early detection of cervical cancer in 2018 reached 7.34, 77,969 IVA positives were found. Visual Inspection of Acetic Acid (IVA) is a cervical cancer screening examination by visual inspection of the cervix with the application of acetic acid which is cheaper, practical, and very easy to do with simple equipment, The purpose of this research is to analyse the effect of Attitude and Motivation factors of Women of Fertile Age (WUS) on the action of Cervical Cancer Screening with the Acetic Visual Inspection Method. This study is a quantitative study using a cross sectional research design. The sample in the study was 92 women of childbearing age by means of Probability Sampling with Simple Random Sampling technique.  The results of the Chi-Square statistical test showed that there was a relationship between attitude with a p value of 0.000 <0.05, motivation p value 0.000 <0.05 with the action of cervical cancer screening IVA method. Increase the motivation of WUS with Health Education for early detection of cervical cancer by VIA test method.

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Published

2024-03-04