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Self-perceived competence in early diagnosis of cervical cancer among recently graduated physicians from Lima, Peru

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dc.contributor.author Zafra-Tanaka, Jessica Hanae
dc.contributor.author Hurtado-Villanueva, Marcia Esther
dc.contributor.author Saenz-Naranjo, María Del Pilar
dc.contributor.author Taype-Rondan, Alvaro
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-30T22:50:37Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-30T22:50:37Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4172
dc.description.abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of recently graduated physicians who perceived themselves as adequately competent to perform Papanicolaou (PAP), Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA), and Visual Inspection with Lugol´s Iodine (VILI); and study its associated factors, in Lima, Peru. METHODS: This cross-sectional study evaluated recently graduated physicians from Lima, Peru. Physicians were considered to perceive themselves as adequately competent if they had answered, "agree" or "strongly agree" when asked if they were competent enough to perform these screening tests. To evaluate the associated factors, prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated using Poisson regressions with robust variance. RESULTS: Only 367/432 (86.2%) physicians perceived themselves as adequately competent to perform PAP, 257 (60.5%) to perform VIA, and 247 (58.1%) to perform VILI. Physicians who performed their gynecology/obstetric clerkship at hospitals from the police or armed forces had a higher proportion of perceiving themselves as adequately competent to perform VIA and VILI. CONCLUSIONS: Nine out of ten physicians perceived themselves as adequately competent to perform PAP, while six out of ten to perform VIA or VILI. The health care system in which the physicians performed their clerkship was associated with the prevalence of adequate self-perceived competence for performing VIA and VILI. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Physicians en_US
dc.subject Cervical cancer en_US
dc.subject Cancer detection and diagnosis en_US
dc.subject Cancer screening en_US
dc.subject Visual inspection en_US
dc.subject Medical education en_US
dc.subject Nurses en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.title Self-perceived competence in early diagnosis of cervical cancer among recently graduated physicians from Lima, Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203778
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.21
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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