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Volume 29
Jacques Choucair, Biomed Res 2018, Volume 29 | DOI: 10.4066/biomedicalresearch-C1-001
WHAT DO LEBANESE WOMEN KNOW
ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER AND
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS? A REPORT
ON AWARENESS LEVELS IN URBAN
COMMUNITIES
T
o evaluate the knowledge of Lebanese women about cervical cancer’s
symptoms and risk factors and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. To
measure the uptake of the cervical cancer screening test (Pap smear) and that
of HPV vaccination.
Methods:
444 women residing in Beirut and Mount-Lebanon, with no medical
background, filled out a 32 item questionnaire about cervical cancer and HPV.
Collected data was exported to and analyzed in SPSS® v. 21.0.
Results:
Most participants were young (45.7% aged 18 to 25), residing in
Mount-Lebanon (51.8%), Christian (50.7%), single (49.3%), with high education
qualifications (73.9%) and currently employed (49.1%) in a field not related
to health (84.9%). 64.6% did not visit a general physician nor a gynecologist
regularly. 85.6% were aware of cervical cancer. 53.9% correctly identified HPV
infection involvement in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. 35.6%were aware
of HPV infection but 80.4% believed their information was lacking. 37.6% of
participants had been screened by Pap smear for cervical cancer at least once
in their lives whereas 9% did not know what a Pap smear was. Screening was
significantly associated with cervical cancer awareness and regular visits
to general health physicians and gynecologists. 11.7% of participants aged
18 to 35 were vaccinated against HPV. Vaccination uptake was significantly
associated with cervical cancer awareness, religion, field of work and studies,
and regular visits to gynecologists.
Conclusion:
Urban Lebanese women are not well informed about cervical
cancer and HPV. Screening by Pap smear and HPV vaccination uptakes are
non-satisfactory.
Biography
Jacques Choucair is an Infectious Diseases Spe-
cialist in Hotel Dieu de France teaching hospital in
Beyrouth. He has obtained his MD degree in 1994
from the Saint-Joseph University, Faculty of Med-
icine in Beyrouth. He has completed a two years
fellowship from 1998-2000 at Bichat Claude Ber-
nard Hospital and Bacteriology at Broussais Hos-
pital affiliated to University of Paris V. He has re-
ceived his diploma in Infectious Diseases (1999),
Saint-Joseph University, Beyrouth. Since 2001, he
is a Practitioner and ID Consultant in the Infectious
Diseases Department at Hotel Dieu de France de
Beyrouth Teaching Hospital. He also has complet-
ed Medical Teaching Diploma from the University
of Montreal in Canada in 2003. He has published
more than 30 articles and is a Reviewer in national
and international journals. His main topics of inter-
est are bacterial resistance and the proper use of
antibiotics.
jacqueschoucair@hotmail.comJacques Choucair
Saint Joseph University, Lebanon