Twenty one patients (7%) had a Pap smear for the first time. Two hundred fifty seven women (91.5%) remembered when the first Pap smear was taken. One hundred sixty four patients (58.3%) reported to have ≥ 4 Pap smears in their life time.
Two hundred eighty one patients (93%) mentioned that they had at least one Pap smear. Ninety two percent of women who did not complete elementary school had the knowledge of the purpose of vaginal cytology. One hundred and four of them (89.7%) knew that Pap smear is used to screen cervical cancer. One hundred sixteen women (38.5%) had a low educational level. Two hundred sixty eight patients (89%) knew that the Pap smear is used for cervical cancer screening. Two hundred eighty six women (95%) answered that they knew about Pap smear. Three hundred one women were included in the study. Women were recruited for a cervical cancer screening program and answered a questionnaire concerning what a Pap smear is used for. The purpose of this study was to investigate, in a group of Venezuelan women, the knowledge and understanding of the purpose of the Pap smear and the correlation of this knowledge with their educational level. Educational level and cervical cancer screening programs in a Venezuelan urban area.
NUNEZ-TROCONIS, José VELASQUEZ, Jesvy MINDIOLA, Raimy and MUNROE, David.
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