Rifat Jahan1, Md. Akhtar-Uz-Zaman2, Golam Md. Moin Uddin3, Md Monjurul Habib Choudhury4, Nilufar Jahan5
1. Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Parkview Medical College, Sylhet.
2. Associate Professor (CC), Department of Community Medicine, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
3. Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Sheikh Hasina Medical College, Hobigong.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Parkview Medical College, Sylhet.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Parkview Medical College, Sylhet.
Abstract
Cervical carcinoma is the commonest cancer in women, which position is 4th in the world Lack of conception about risk factor, symptoms, treatment and prevention for carcinoma cervix may lead to delay diagnosis and worse prognosis. This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge about cervical carcinoma, source of information, risk factor, symptoms and prevention among women in a selected rural area in Sylhet, from January to June, 2020. We included 150 respondents by purposive type of non-probability sampling method followed by inclusion and exclusion criteria. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed and data were collected by face to face interview From the study it was found that, mean age of the respondents was 33.87±8.97 years. Out of 150 respondents, only 4% were graduate, 80% were in lower middle class and 96.6% were housewife Majority (83.3%) of the respondents knew that, cervical carcinoma can happened, among them 62.4% knew from mass media According to symptoms of cervical carcinoma most of the women had idea about patients. Irregular per vaginal bleeding (84%) was the commonest symptoms know to females followed by decrease appetite (70.4%) and weight loss (64%). But, knowledge about risk factors was very frustrating. We also found the same scenario in screening text, vaccination and prevention Bangladesh has still a long way to go for controlling the high implication of cervical carcinoma Health education intervention programs and preventive measures should be ensured to achieve the adequate knowledge about carcinoma cervix.
Key Words: Knowledge, Cervical carcinoma, Rural.