Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorLin, Lan-Ping
dc.contributor.authorLin, Jin-Ding
dc.contributor.authorSung, Chang-Lin
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Ta-Wen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yi-Lian
dc.contributor.authorChen, Li-Mei
dc.contributor.authorChu, Cordia M
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:16:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:16:06Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-04T07:02:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0891-4222
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ridd.2009.10.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/36784
dc.description.abstractAlthough little is known about the incidence of cervical cancer in women with intellectual disabilities (ID), Pap smear screening is an effective public health program to prevent cervical cancer to this group of people. The purposes of this study were to identify and evaluate the factors regarding the utilization of the Pap smears in women with ID seen in the preventive health screening program. We employed a cross-sectional survey ''2009 National Survey on Preventive Health Use and Determinants among People with Disabilities'', with the study sample 508 women with ID (aged 15 years) participated in the research in Taiwan. Results showed that there were 22.1% women with ID had ever used Pap smear screening previously and mean age of the first screening was nearly 40 years old. Comparing to the general population in Taiwan, the ID women at age group <35 years was less likely to use screening and the age group 35 years wasmore likely to use Pap smears than did the general women. Finally, a logistic regression analysis showed that marital status and had experience of accepted tubal ligation surgery were two factors which predicted Pap smear test use in the study. Those women with ID who had marital status were 8.99 times (95% CI = 1.65-49.15) more likely than those had notmarital status to use Pap smear test. Women with ID had experience on tubal ligation surgery were 10.48 times (95% CI = 1.40-78.26) more likely to use Pap smear test than their counterparts. This study highlights that to acknowledge the rights of women with ID to access Pap smear screening service, health professionals will need to become more flexible and competent in the service that they provide.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent363112 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom403
dc.relation.ispartofpageto409
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalResearch in Developmental Disabilities
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titlePapanicolaou smear screening of women with intellectual disabilities: A cross-sectional survey in Taiwan
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorChu, Cordia M.


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Journal articles
    Contains articles published by Griffith authors in scholarly journals.

Show simple item record