An exploratory study to assess the knowledge of women regarding cervical cancer and its prevention in a selected hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab

Abstract

According to WHO/ICO (information centre on) women are at risk of cervical cancer is 366.58 millions, 1.3 lakhs of annual cases and 74 thousand annual deaths. This is an Exploratory Study to Assess the Knowledge of Women Regarding Cervical Cancer and its Prevention in a Selected Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. Among 150 women attending Gynae OPD selected by purposive sampling and data were collected and analysed. Results revealed that, majority of women had average knowledge on cervical cancer and its prevention. Education of women was found to be significantly related and other factors were not found to be significantly related to knowledge of women at p>0.05.