Awareness of women in the pomurje region about gynaecological screening programs

Izhodišča: Presejanje je pregledovanje navidezno zdravih ljudi, za zgodnje odkrivanje bolezni in hitro ukrepanje. S presejalnimi programi na ginekološkem področju pregledujejo ženske s preprostimi preiskavami ali testi, da bi med njimi odkrili tiste, ki že imajo predstopnjo ali začetno obliko raka materničnega vratu in/ali raka dojk. V Sloveniji na ginekološkem področju delujeta dva presejalna programa, in sicer program DORA, za odkrivanje raka dojk in program ZORA, za odkrivanje raka materničnega vratu. Namen zaključnega dela je ugotoviti osveščenost žensk v Pomurju o ginekoloških presejalnih programih. Raziskovalne metode: Uporabili smo deskriptivno metodo dela in kvantitativno metodologijo raziskovanja. Raziskavo smo izvedli v enem izmed nakupovalnih centrov v Pomurju. Izvedli smo anketo, v kateri je sodelovalo 100 žensk, in sicer 50 anketiranih žensk živi na podeželju in 50 anketirank je iz mestnih območij. Rezultati: Ugotovili smo, da ženske, ne glede na lokacijo bivanja, dobro poznajo glavni namen presejalnih programov, vendar je raziskava pokazala, da ženske iz mest bolj poznajo podroben namen program ZORA in DORA, kot ženske s podeželja. Večina žensk je tudi že dobila vabilo na presejalnih program, in se ga tudi udeležila, to pa bi storile tudi v prihodnje. Diskusija in zaključek: Presejalni programi so odlični preventivni programi, pri katerih s pomočjo testov, preiskav lahko bolezen odkrijemo v zgodnji fazi in so tako možnosti za ozdravitev visoke. Prišli smo do spoznanja, da so ženske v Pomurju dobro osveščene o namenu ginekoloških presejalnih programov in da se večina odzove vabilu na program.Introduction: Screening is medical testing of apparently healthy people, aimed at early detection of diseases and quick action. Gynaecologic screening programmes consist of simple medical examinations or tests designed to detect women with precancerous conditions or early stages of cervical and/or breast cancer. Slovenia carries out two gynaecologic screening programmesthe DORA programme, aimed at detecting breast cancer, and the ZORA programme, aimed at detecting cervical cancer. The purpose of this diploma thesis is to present the level of awareness of women in the Pomurje region about gynaecologic screening programmes. Methodology of research: We used the descriptive work method and the quantitative research method. The research was carried out in a shopping centre in the Pomurje region. We conducted a survey on 100 women, of which 50 are living in rural areas and 50 are living in urban areas. Results: We found out that regardless of where they live, women are well informed about the main purpose of screening programmes, however, the research shows that women living in urban areas have better knowledge about the ZORA and DORA programmes than women living in rural areas. The majority of women have already received an invitation to take part in a screening programme and participated in it, and they are willing to do it also in the future. Discussion and conclusion: Screening programs are excellent prevention programmes aimed at detecting diseases in early stages through medical tests and examinations, thus leading to high recovery rates. Our conclusion is that women in the Pomurje region are well informed about the purpose of gynaecologic screening programmes and that the majority of them take part in the programmes