Factors Affected the Decision for Cervical Careening among Women in Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province

Abstract

     This study was cross-sectional analytical study. The aims were to study factors (personal
factor, perceived factor, influencing factor) related to decision for cervical cancer screening, and to compare factors (perceived factor, influencing factor) between decision for cervical cancer screenings’group and no decision for cervical cancer screenings’ group. Sample size was 429 women in Singhanakhon District, Songkhla Province, consisted of 88 women under decision for cervical cancer screening and 341 women of no decision for cervical cancer screening, and selected by quota sampling. Data were analyzed by frequency, percent, standard deviation, Pearson coefficient, Chi-Square and t-test. The result revealed that personal factor, perceived factor, and influencing factor were not related to decision for cervical cancer screening. Whereas, the comparison between factors (perceived factor,
interpersonal influencing, influencing of situation) on decision for cervical cancer screening and no decision for cervical cancer screening, found that women who had decision for cervical cancer screening showed average score of perceived factor, and interpersonal influencing were higher than another group significantly at 0.05. However, average score of influencing of situation between two groups were not different.