Socio-cultural factors that influence 50-year-old users for papanicolau taking from a nasca hospital: Factores socioculturales que influyen en las usuarias de 50 años para la toma de papanicolau de un hospital nasca

• Autores: Parra Zambrano, Ashli Rosa Coraima, Talavera, Jesus E., Ramirez Ortega, Andrea P., Suárez Egoávil, Catherine A.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/5645
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/5645
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Papanicolaou; factores socioculturales; nivel de conocimiento; Pap smear; sociocultural factors; knowledge level

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the sociocultural factors in 50-year-old users for Pap smears at the Ricardo Cruzado Rivarola de Nasca hospital during the period December 2021 - February 2022. Material and Methods: Observational, analytical, and prospective study. The study population is made up of 80 50-year-old users who attend the Ricardo Cruzado Rivarola hospital for Pap tests at the gynecology-obstetrics office and the sample is 67 users, selected by non-probabilistic sampling for convenience. Results: For the first analysis, in simple and multiple regression, it was found that women with high levels of knowledge had a 384% and 382% higher frequency of having ever undergone a PAP test compared to those with low levels of knowledge. Conclusions: The level of knowledge about the PAP has a relevant influence on having carried out a PAP; but also the women who had a high level were the ones who had the highest frequency of having done it. This added to the number of children; possibly because in the circles of women with children one of the topics to be discussed is about maternal health and within them the PAP.