In Ethiopia, cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among women aged 15 to 44 years old. Cervical cancer screening is an effective measure to enhance the early detection of cervical cancer for prevention. However, the magnitude of cervical cancer screening is less than 1%. This study aimed to determine the influence of sociodemographic characteristics and related factors on screening. A hospital-based cross-sectional study has been conducted from July to September 2017. Data have been collected using interviewer-administered questioner among 425 women (18–49 years age) who visited the family health department at St. Paul’s Hospital. Descriptive statistics, chi-square, univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used for data analysis. Of the 425 study participants, only 12.2% of women have been screened within the past 3 years. Women in the age range of 40–49 years old were more likely to be screened (36.1%) than women age 18–29 years (8%). Women living in urban were more likely to be screened (15.9%) than women living in rural (3.9%). Other factors including low monthly income, unlikely chance of having cancer, lack of knowledge, and fear test outcome were significantly associated with the low uptake of screening. This study revealed that the uptake of cervical cancer screening was low. Women in the potential target population of cervical cancer screening were just a proportion of all studied age groups and screening in them was more common than in younger women. Besides, rural residence, low monthly income, and lack of knowledge were important predictors for low utilization of cervical cancer screening practice.

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埃塞俄比亚圣保罗教学与转诊医院妇女的社会人口统计学特征及相关因素对宫颈癌筛查的影响。

在埃塞俄比亚，宫颈癌是15至44岁女性中第二常见的癌症。宫颈癌筛查是提高宫颈癌早期发现率的有效措施。但是，子宫颈癌筛查的幅度小于1％。这项研究旨在确定社会人口统计学特征和相关因素对筛查的影响。2017年7月至2017年9月进行了一项基于医院的横断面研究。该数据是由访问者主持的提问者收集的，来自425位18-49岁的妇女，他们访问了圣保罗医院的家庭保健部门。描述性统计，卡方，单因素和多元逻辑回归用于数据分析。在425名研究参与者中，过去3年中仅对12.2％的女性进行了筛查。比起18-29岁的女性（8％），年龄在40-49岁之间的女性更有可能接受筛查（36.1％）。居住在城市的女性比居住在农村的女性（3.9％）更有可能接受筛查（15.9％）。其他因素包括低月收入，不太可能患癌症，缺乏知识和恐惧测试结局与筛查率低有关。这项研究表明，子宫颈癌筛查的摄取率很低。子宫颈癌筛查的潜在目标人群中的女性只是所有研究年龄组的一部分，与年轻女性相比，她们中的筛查更为普遍。此外，农村居民，月收入低和缺乏知识是宫颈癌筛查实践利用率低的重要预测因素。