Knowledge of nursing students about cervical cancer and associated risk factors

Abstract

Introduction: Cervical cancer is a progressive disease, which begins as an intraepithelial lesion that evolves to an invasive neoplasm in a period of between 10 and 20 years, with some exceptions. Cancer originates from any type of cell that multiplies in disorder from the different tissues of the organism, it is not a single disease, but a group of diseases with highly variable manifestations and clinical course depending on the place and organ that affects the disease. source cell. Objective: to determine the knowledge of nursing students about cervical cancer and associated risk factors. Material and Methods: The study was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, of a total of 515 enrolled students, 166 participated according to the sample size calculation and selected by simple random sampling, an online survey was applied using google forms. Results: Regarding the overall knowledge of nursing students about cervical cancer and risk factors, it can be seen that 55% of the study subjects know about cervical cancer. In relation to the global knowledge about risk factors, it can be observed that 71% of the study subjects know about them. Conclusion: Regarding general knowledge, 67% of the students know about cervical cancer, while 33% have no knowledge. In relation to knowledge about the risk factors associated with this pathology, 71% know about them, while 29% do not know.