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RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTHSCIENCES,KARNATAKA,BANGALORE

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1.NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS:

MS KANCHAN.D. BHISE 1ST YEAR MSC NURSING, ST JOHNS COLLEGE OF NURSING, BANGALORE.

2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTION: ST JOHN’S COLLEGE OF NURSING

3. COURSE OF THE STUDY : MSc Nursing 2010

4.DATE OF ADMISSION TO COURSE: 3rd May 2010

5.TITLE OF THE TOPIC: Educating and screening the women for cervical Neoplasm.

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6. BRIEF RESUME OF INTENDED WORK:

6.1 Need for the study:

Cervical cancer is treatable disease if identified at the early stage. Cancer of the

cervix is the second most common cancer among women worldwide, with an estimated

529,409 new cases and 274,883 deaths in 2008. About 86% of the cases occur in developing

countries, representing 13% of female cancers12.Globally it is estimated that there are 6

million new cancer cases, of which 52% occur in developing countries. The magnitude of the

problem of cancer in the Indian sub-continent in terms of sheer number is most alarming. The

estimated new cases of cancer in India per year are nearly 6.5 lakhs and at the start of the next

millennium estimated to be 8.6 lakhs. The crude incidence of cancer in India is approximately

100 per 100,000 populations. The Cancer in women in the Indian Sub-continent constitutes

more than 50% of the total cancer. The most common cancer observed by Indian registries

are those related to tobacco usage in males while among females, the most common cancer

are those of the Uterine Cervix, Breast and Oral cavity. In Karnataka a state in the southern

part of India, it is estimated that annually there are about 35,000 new cases whereas, the

prevalent cancer accounts to about 1, 50,000.16

Educating people regarding the disease will help drive away the fears and stigma

associated with the disease. Well- illustrated audio-visual educational materials are extremely

useful in literate as well as illiterate population.10Efforts to improve awareness of the

population have resulted in early detection of and survival from cervical cancer in backward

regions of India. Also, where the literacy among women is less than 20% there have been

attempts to evaluate the role of improved awareness in the early detection and control of

cervical cancer.14

In many developed countries a decline in the incidence and mortality due to cervical

cancer has been observed due to cytology screening. Cytology based screening are difficult to

organize in India because of issue related to absence of trained manpower, infrastructure,

logistics, quality assurance, frequency of screening and cost involved. There are no organised

screening programmes for any of the common cancers in the country. Most cancer centres

provide only opportunistic screening services. Visual inspection of the cervix after

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application of the 4-5% acetic acid is a simple inexpensive test that can be provided by

trained health care personnel.1

The investigator during her clinical experience has come across a number of cancer

patients who were detected in their last stage of cancer. Most of them lacked knowledge

about cancer and importance of screening. Women do experience symptoms which remain

unaddressed and present it in advanced stages when total cure is extremely difficult or indeed

impossible. So, the researcher is stimulated to improve the awareness of the women regarding

cervical neoplasm and importance of screening and to screen them for early detection and

also diminishing the probability of losing women before they are treated.

6.2 Review of literature:-

Review of literature is a critical summary of research on a topic of interest. In this

study review of literature has been organised under the following headings.

a) Studies related to importance of knowledge.

b) Studies related to importance of screening.

a) Studies related to importance of knowledge:-

A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Uganda to assess the knowledge,

attitude and practices on cervical cancer and screening among the medical workers. In this

study, 288 medical workers were interviewed using self-administered questionnaire. In this

study, most of the participants were female(69%).Most of the participants knew that cancer

was curable if detected at an early stage but knowledge of risk factors for cervical cancer and

details of screening activities.6

A Case control survey was done in Chicago to assess the cervical screening knowledge

and practices among Korean-American women. A sample of 159 Korean-American women

were given a cancer control questionnaire.26% of the respondents never heard of the of the

pap smear test. Only 34% of the respondents reported having had a pap smear test for

screening. The most frequently cited reason for not having had a pap smear was absence of

disease symptom. Result indicate that education and usual sources of health care were

significant factors related to having heard of or having had a pap smear test.15

A retrospective case study was conducted in United States to discern HPV knowledge

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accuracy among women diagnosed with and treated for cervical cancer.Data was collected

using self administered questionnaire and medical records.A total of 1174 questionnaire

were mailed and 328 women returned the completed forms.About one-third of African-

American(32.8%) and white-American(35.2%)women had reported that cervical cancer

cannot be prevented.3

An experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured

teaching guide about cancer cervix on the knowledge and preventive practices among the

women and their husbands. A pre-test was given to 30 couples before giving the structured

teaching guide and the post-test was given on the 15th and the 30th day after giving the

structured teaching guide. The study found that post-test scores were higher than their pre-test

score. Also, 85.5% of wives underwent medical examination,79.2%of wives undergone

pelvic examination and 36.3% husbands had undergone physical examination.1

A Qualitative study was conducted in 3 districts of Uttar Pradesh to assess the cervical

cancer prevention and treatment services. The assessment was designed to evaluate the

quality and accessibility of cervical cancer prevention and treatment services and was

conducted from March to August 2004. The strategic assessment identified some isolated

cervical cancer prevention and treatment services; however, well-coordinated prevention and

stage-appropriate treatment services, particularly in the public sector and outside large urban

centres, were lacking.9

b)Studies related to importance of screening : -

A cross sectional study was conducted in Jabalpur which used Visual inspection of

cervix with acetic acid (VIA) in early diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and early

cancer of cervix. Of the 750 women screened 122 (16.26) was VIA positive and cytology was

positive in 39 (5.2%), 25 were detected by VIA and only 20 cases were detected by pap

smear. Two cases were missed by VIA and seven cases were missed by cytology.2

A randomized controlled study was conducted in Maharashtra of 497 rural villages.

Women aged 30-59 years were randomized to receive one of the three tests or to a control

group. Of the 1000800 invited women 79449 (78.8%) were screened.26755 (33.7%) were

screened by Visual inspection of cervix, 25535(32.1%) were screened by cytology and

27159(34.2%) were screened by human papillomavirus testing. From these 932 women were

diagnosed with high grade lesions or invasive cancer. The study showed good participation

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levels and communication methods and delivery strategies aimed at encouraging older, less

educated, etc.

A prospective study was conducted at Indore. The study included 380 patients

referred for colposcopic evaluation for abnormal cervix. Visual inspection of cervix was

performed prior to colposcopic examination. Out of 380 patients 100 were found positive on

VIA.Out of these 100 patients 75 were found to have abnormal findings on colposcopy.

Cervical biopsy was done of these 75 cases and 22 cases revealed as having low grade

squamous intra-epithelial lesions,8 as high grade and 7 as pre-clinical invasive cancer and 38

showed no abnormality.8

A prospective study was conducted in Peru where women between 25 and 50 years

who visited the centre and were asymptomatic. The women underwent a complete clinical

evaluation; including Pap smear and visual inspection by acetic acid.Partcipants with any

positive test were referred for colposcopy and biopsy. The results was many women tested

positive by visual inspection.10

A prospective study was conducted in New Delhi wherein 400 women were screened

using pap smear, visual inspection of the cervix( VIA) and colposcopy.The sensitivity and

specificity of each of the screening methods was analyzed. The sensitivity of VIA (96.7%)

was much higher than that of pap smear(50%), and almost as high as that of

colposcopy(100%).The specificity of VIA (36.4%) was lower than that of pap smear

smear(97%) and colposcopy(96.9%).7

A cross sectional study was done in New Delhi,100 women with complains of vaginal

discharge, irregular bleeding, post-coital bleeding or unhealthy cervix underwent visual

inspection with acetic acid(VIA) and Lugol’s iodine (VILI) by a doctor and a nurse, followed

by colposcopy and biopsy.VIA by nurse had a higher sensitivity(100%) versus 87.5%),but

lower specificity(53% versus 63%) when compared with the doctor. It was concluded that

visual inspection can be performed reliably by trained paramedical workers and doctors and

is an effective screening option in low resource setting.11

A survey was done in united states to assess the willingness to participate in cancer

screening. The Cancer Screening Questionnaire (CSQ), a 60-item questionnaire, was

administered via random-digit-dial telephone interviews to adults in three cities of US. The

1,148 participants in the CSQ study sample consisted of 355 blacks, 311 Puerto Rican,

Hispanics, and 482 non-Hispanic whites. Response rates ranged from 45% to 58% by city.

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Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that blacks and Puerto Ricans were often

more likely (OR 2.0-3.0) and never less likely than whites to self-report willingness to

participate in cancer screenings regardless of who conducted the cancer screening, what one

was asked to do in the cancer screening, or what type of cancer was involved (with the

exception of skin cancer where blacks, compared with whites, had an OR of 0.5).The findings

from this study provide evidence that blacks and Hispanics self-report that they are either as

willing or more willing than whites to participate in cancer screening programs.4

6.3 Problem statement:- A study to assess the willingness to avail screening facilities in response to health

education about cervical neoplasm among women attendants of inpatients in St John’s

Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.

6.4 Objectives of the study:-i) To assess the extent of willingness to avail screening facilities among women

attendants following educational programme.

ii) To identify the outcome of the screening test among motivated group.

iii) To determine the association of outcome of screening test with selected

demographic variables.

iv) To determine the association of motivated group with the selected demographic

variables.

6.5.Operational definition:- Willingness: Ready, eager, or prepared to do something (Oxford Dictionary 2007).

In this study, it refers to readiness of the women to undergo a screening test of

visual inspection of cervix.

Avail: In this study, it refers to take the advantage of the screening facilities provided to

women attendants.

Screening : In this study, Visual inspection of cervix will be conducted to screen

the relatives for early detection of any cervical lesion and if positive followed by

colposcopy.

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Health Education: ” Health education is a process that informs, motivates and help

people to adopt and maintain healthy practices and lifestyles, advocates environmental

changes as needed to facilitate this goal and conducts professional training and research

to the same end”.(K.Park)

In this study, it refers to the education regarding cervical neoplasm and its

prevention.

Cervical neoplasm : In this study it refers to the presence of abnormal growth in the

neck of the uterus.

Attendants: In the study, it refers to the women accompanying the in-patient in the

hospital.

In-patients : It refers to all the patients admitted in medical, surgical, gynaecology wards

of St John’s Medical College Hospital.

Demographic variables : In this Study the variables includes age, education status,

marital status, occupation, age at marriage, use of contraceptives, use of tobacco, history

of sexually transmitted diseases and family history of cancer.

6.6 Assumptions:-1. Women attendants of the in-patient may undergo the screening programme after

attending the education programme.

2. Women attendants may be detected with presence of cervical lesion.

6.7 Delimitation:- The study is limited to relatives of the in-patient admitted to St John’s

Medical College Hospital.

6.8 Projected Outcome:- Findings of this study will help to improve the knowledge of the women relatives

by education and thereby undergo screening programme organized by the investigator.

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Hypothesis:- H1.There will be significant association between outcome of screening score and selected

demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance

H2.There will be significant association between the motivated group and selected

demographic variables.

MATERIAL AND METHOD

7.1 Source of data

7.1.1 Research Design: - Evaluative Study

7.1.2 Setting :- The health education will be conducted in room no 21 of Outpatient department

between 2.00 to 4.00pm at St John’s Medical College Hospital Bangalore which is 1200

bedded multispecialty hospital and the screening will be done in the OPD.

7.1.3 Population:- In this study the population comprises of women attendants of in- patient admitted at

St John’s Medical College Hospital.

7.2 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION

7.2.1 Sampling Procedure:- Purposive sampling will be used to select the samples for the study.

7.2.2.Sampling size:- Sample size will be 300 women attendants of the in-patients.

7.2.3 Inclusion criteria and sampling:- i. Women who are attendants of patients admitted in St John’s Medical College Hospital.

ii. Women aged 30-64 yrs.

iii. Women who are asymptomatic.

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7.2.4. Exclusion criteria for sampling:-i. Women who are currently pregnant.

ii. Women with previous history of cancer.

7.2.5. Instrument used:-1. Section I –Performa to elicit demographic variables.

Section II- Teaching module of cancer of cervix.

2 .Screening tool of Visual inspection by acetic acid and colposcopy.

7.2.6 Data Collection Method:- Formal permission will be obtained from the Director of St john’s medical college and

hospital, the administrator of the hospital, the nursing superintendent and HOD of medical,

surgical,urology,nephrology and gynaecology department to collect data.

The subjects who belong to the inclusion criteria will be selected by purposive

sampling technique. The selected samples will be called to room no 21 in the outpatient

department of St John’s Medical College Hospital .Subjects will be explained about the study

and consent to participate in the study will be taken. The subjects will then be given a consent

form for willingness to undergo a screening test for cervical cancer. Later, the subjects will

be educated about cervical neoplasm. After the education, the subjects will be again asked to

fill the consent form for willingness of the screening test. The number of women who have

given the consent to undergo screening test will be taken immediately for the screening by

the investigator. The screening test will be then carried out by the investigator. The result of

the screening test will be consulted with the gynaecology oncologist and then it will be

disclosed to the subject by the oncologist. If the result is positive, the subjects will be taken

for colposcopy by the oncologist to confirm the screening test .The results obtained will be

taken for analysis.

7.2.7 Data analysis plan:-

Descriptive and inferential statistics.

Organization of data in master sheets

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Mc Nemars test to assess the willingness to screening test before and after health

education.

Calculate chi square to determine the association of demographic variables with screening

score and baseline variables.

7.3.Does the study require any investigation or intervention to be

conducted on patients or other humans or animals? If so please describe

briefly?

YES

7.4 Has ethical clearance been obtained from your investigation in case of

7.3?

YES. The ethical clearance has been obtained from the scientific and ethical review

committee of St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences-Bangalore.

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8 Signature of the candidate

9 Remarks of the guide

10 Name and Designation in Block of ( in Block letters) 10.1Guide

10.2Signature

10.3Co-Guide(if any)

10.4.Signature

Sr.Marium .O.J (sr celcy mary) Head of the Department, Obstetrics And Gynaecology, St John’s College Of Nursing

Dr.Elizabeth Vallikad,HOD-Gynaecology Oncology,St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences.

11 11.1 Head of the Department

11.2 Signature

Sr Marium.O.J (Sr celcy mary),HOD,Obstetrics And Gynaecology, St John’s College Of Nursing

12 12.1 Remarks of the Chairman and Principal

12.2 Signature