Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Wágna Maria de Araújo et al. Adherence of women aged 18 to 50 years to a cervical smear test in the Family Health Strategy. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2012, vol.serIII, n.7, pp.15-22. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIII11139.

A descriptive exploratory study of quantitative nature with the aim of evaluating the adherence of women to the smear test in the Health Family Strategy of Iporá, Goiás, Brazil. The study sample consisted of 114 women from 18 to 50 years old who attended the Family Health Strategy to have a smear test in October and November 2010. The descriptive analysis performed using Epi Info 3.5.1 showed that the higher level of adherence is in the 46 to 50 years age group (24%) and the lower level is at 18 to 20 and 41 to 45 years (10% each). Among the interviewees, 70% had the test every two years or less and 12% had never had it. The Family Health Strategy unit with higher adherence was Jadim Monte Alto with 16%, and the lower was Umuarama district with 8%. It was concluded that prevention is the main reason for women to take the smear test.

Keywords : cervical smear test; woman; uterine neoplasms.

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