• Revista médica de Chile · Aug 2021

    [Abstention from pap smears and mammography among chilean women. Prevalence and causes].

    • Carlos Rodríguez-Garcés, Denisse Espinosa-Valenzuela, and Geraldo Padilla-Fuentes.
    • Centro de Investigación CIDCIE, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile.
    • Rev Med Chil. 2021 Aug 1; 149 (8): 1150-1156.

    BackgroundCancer is a public health problem among women, but preventive actions are effective.AimTo outline the reasons and factors associated with abstention from pap smears and mammography examinations among women.Material And MethodsUsing official databases of the WHO and the Ministry of Social Development of Chile, inferential statistical analyses and modeling of abstention through binomial logistic regression were carried out.ResultsBreast and cervical cancer had the highest incidence and mortality among women over 35 years old in Chile, even when there are effective screening methods for their early detection. Abstention is conditioned by personal reasons such as low risk perception. There is a high concomitance of abstention for pap smears and mammography.ConclusionsHealth promotion actions should encourage women to undergo preventive actions for breast and cervical cancer.

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