The study of Preventive and Impeller Factors of Prevalent Cancers Screening Tests in Women in Kashan during 2013

Cancers are one of the main causes of death in human societies. No-wadays, cancer screening tests are used for early detection and on time treatment in the early stages of disease. It is important to improve the consequences, survival rate, and saving patient´s life. This study was done to investigate the preventive and impeller factors of common cancers by screening tests for women in Kashan city. This descriptive study was conducted on 851 married wo-men (15-70 years old) in Kashan. Samples were selected by simple sampling method among married women referred to health centers of Kashan. For data collection, a questionnaire consisting of three parts was used: Demographic information, breast self-examination, mammography and Pap smear and study of preventive and impeller factors in screening tests. Descriptive and analy-tical information was analyzed by Chi-sq-uare test in SPSS. The results showed that 75.2% of the subjects were 40 years old. The main impeller factors to do Pap smear screening included: Seriousness of cancer (%64.9), advice of health personnel (%57.9), and accessibility to health care centers (%55.1). In this respect, breast self-examination received a percentage of 58.2, 47, and %41.2, respectively, and mammograp-hy had a percentage of 15, 9, and %9, respectively. The most important preventive factors for screening tests (all of three mentioned tests) were included absence of problems, unawareness of cancer risk, and the fear of inflicting with cancer. Discussion & According to the results, women's awareness about the importance of early detection of breast and uterine diseases leads to their participation in the screening programs.