Cognitive determinants of cervical cancer screening behavior among housewife women in Iran: An application of Health Belief Model

Health Care Women Int. 2018 May;39(5):555-570. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1425873. Epub 2018 Feb 9.

Abstract

Our aim in this cross-sectional study was to assess the cognitive determinants of Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior (CCSB) among housewife women in Islamabad County, Iran. Through multistage random sampling we recruited and interviewed 280 housewife women. The women who perceived more benefits of performing the Pap test (OR = 1.11), and perceived fewer barriers (OR = 0.915), and higher self-efficacy to perform the test (OR = 1.12) were more likely to have a CCSB in the previous three years. Our findings are informative for the development of targeted interventions to foster CCSB among housewife women.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cognition
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Early Detection of Cancer / psychology*
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
  • Humans
  • Iran
  • Mass Screening / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / ethnology
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
  • Self Efficacy
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / ethnology
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / psychology
  • Vaginal Smears / psychology