The Correlation between Medical Personnel’s Attitude and Pap Smear Examination Practice at Islamic Sultan Agung Hospital Semarang
ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer is
still ranked in the first place of those diseases most commonly developing in
Indonesian women. It is predicted that 41 new cases occur every day, and around
20 people every day pass away of it. Cervical cancer keeps increasing because
the coverage of screening through pap smear examination is low.
Objective: This research aims at discovering the correlation between
medical personnel’s attitude and practice of pap smear examination at Rumah
Sakit Islam Sultan Agung (RISA) Semarang.
Methods: The study is observational research using cross sectional design
with a sample of 38 medical personnel taken randomly from 273 personnel as its
population in RISA Semarang. The data are taken using questionnaire and
interview with respondents, and the obtained data are analyzed using univariate
and bivariate tests, using chi-square test, at a significance level < 0.05.
Result: the percentage of medical personnel having regular pap smear
practice is higher in medical personnel with good attitude (66.7%) compared to
those with poor attitude (17.6%). The data analysis using Chi Square statistic
test indicates a significant difference, p = 0.003.
Conclusion: the results of this reseach show that pap smear is more
commonly done by those medical personnel with good attitude than those with
poor attitude.
Author: Siti Thomas Zulaikhah,
Endang Surani, Eka Norma Anggorowati
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg160047
