Fundamental study on population approach to improvement of cervical cancer screening rate in women of reproductive age

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23593331
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Lifelong developmental nursing
• Research Institution: Tohto College of Health Sciences (2014); Tokyo Health Care University (2012-2013); International University of Health and Welfare (2011)
• Principal Investigator: IWASAKI KAZUYO 東都医療大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (80408765)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MATUNAGA Yoshiko 東邦大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (70341245)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 子宮頸がん / がん検診率 / 行動決定要因

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The cervical cancer screening rate in women in their twenties was 27.8 - 36.8%, whereas it was as high as 57.9 - 63.0% in women aged 30 to less than 40 years. The screening environment which encourages women to go screening was a combination of “utilization of free-coupon”, “”Sunday”, “less than 30 minutes of waiting time”, “regardless of gender of sampling doctor” and “screening at a clinic”, as supported by 82.6% of the women who underwent the screening in the past. It was suggested that, among these elements, the women’s mind to go screening could have been influenced by “screening fee (free-coupon)”, “screening day of week or hours” and “waiting time”. It was also suggested that “screening day of week and hours” could influence the limit of women’s waiting time.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学