Alterações Celulares Em Laudos De Papanicolaou De Uma Estratégia De Saúde Da Família Cell Changes in Pap Reports of a Strategy for Family Health Cambios Celulares En Los Informes De Papanicolau De Una Estrategia Para La Salud De La Familia
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: to evaluate Pap reports establishing the profile of service for women undergoing examination by identifying the age, correlating to the type of cellular alteration recorded. Method: descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The population consisted of all records of Pap tests performed in the Family Health Unit (FHU), comprising a sample of 782 records. Data were collected, organized and analyzed with SPSS 16.0. The study was the research project approved by the Ethics in Research, CAAE: 4539.0.000.450.450-10. Results: we evidenced the predominance of women aged less than 35 years, the occurrence of benign cellular changes, notably the inflammatory type (53.1%), with peak attendance between the ages of 25-34 years and a decrease as age increases. Conclusion: cervical cancer appears as a major public health problem composing high levels of mortality.
Institution: Universidade Regional do Cariri
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2463979697