Levels of Awareness / Non-Awareness on the Incidences of Cervical Cancer Among Patients Attending Oncology Clinic at the National Hospital Abuja FCT, Nigeria

Abstract

Introduction: Screening for cervical cancer was conducted among patients attending Histology and Oncology departments at the National Hospital Abuja Nigeria. Our aim principally was to determine cervical cancer incidence in women aged forty years and above. At least to gain a fair insight into the cancer cases responding positively to clinical interventions in terms of vaccination.

Methods: Study design- This is a longitudinal and prospective study in which cervical samples were collected and processed from a cohort of female patients aged forty years and above attending histology and oncology departments at the National Hospital Abuja FCT.

Results: Histologically processed Cervical samples cancerous were fewer than those that were not cancerous among the female patients aged 40 years and above attending oncology clinic at the National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria (P < 0.05). Likewise Level of non awareness of knowledge on cervical cancer is significantly lower than awareness level among patients attending oncology clinics at 95% confidence limits (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: This clearly revealed that incidence cases of cervical cancer among female attending oncology patients aged 40 years and above is on alarming and geometric increase. Although the work is limited by the fact that it was hospital based research!. Despite the unavoidable bias the study corroborated other qualitative global cervical cancer reports from other studies examined [1-7]. The fact remains that the global reduction prompt juvenile women vaccine administration is producing sharp positive reduction in even though Nigeria is still lagging behind in the pursuit of this highly welcoming trend as far as cervical cancer cases are concerned.