Incidence, Prevalence, Screening and Pattern of Cervical Cancer among Women Attending University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu (2000-2005)

📄 Project Abstract

This study examined the incidence, prevalence, screening and patterns of cervical cancer among women attending University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital from 2000-2005. To achieve the purpose of the study, seven objectives with corresponding research questions were posed and three hypotheses were postulated. The descriptive research design utilizing the expost-facto type was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a researcher designed Cervical Cancer Inventory Proforma (CCIP). Five experts in the Department of Health and Physical Education and Department of Science Education validated the proforma. The population for the study consisted of all the records of cervical cancer cases in University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu from 2000-2005 which were 82 cases. No sampling was done as the population was not too large to handle. Data collected from the cancer registry of the health facility were used for analysis. Frequencies and percentages were used to answer th...