Introduction: In Turkey, cervical cancer screening program is carried out to reduce the burden of disease. It is thought that decreasing the number of people registered to family physicians will grant them enough time to inform the women thus increasing the participation in the screening program.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between the number of females above the age of 15 who never had a Pap smear test and the number of people who are registered with a family physician in Turkey.
Methods: The data published by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey health statistics annuals were used. In our study, the data for 2012, 2014 and 2016 were used as the most recent data for the percentage of having a Pap smear test aged 15 and over. The statistical significance value was accepted as p <0.05.
Results: In Turkey, the population per family physician was 3634 in 2012 while it was 3633 in 2014 and 3267 in 2016. The percentage of those who never had Pap smear test over the age of fifteen and above was 77.90% in 2012, 72.60% in 2014, and 69.30% in 2016. In Turkey, the population per family physician between 2012-2016 decreased 10.1% while the rate of never having a Pap smear test decreased 8.6%. It was found that, in Turkey, there was a positive correlation between population per family physician and never having a pap smear test (p<0.001; r= 0.783).
Conclusions: It was concluded that decreasing the population per family physician may increase the rates of pap smear tests among females. There is a need for more detailed studies to reveal the relationship between the population per family physician and having a pap smear test.
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 14 Aralık 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1 |