To improve the efficiency of Cervical Cancer Screening in Georgia (validation of Study Questionnaire)

Abstract

Background: Cervical cancer has one of the highest mortality rates in the world, as well as in Georgia.
Aim: The study objective was to investigate the pilot group in order to validate questionnaire developed by us. 
Methods: 61 women aged 16-74 (mean age-31.10+13.53) participated in the pilot survey. They were asked to fill in (answer)  questionnaire created by the above method:The questionnaire included the following factors: Age; Ethnicity; Religion; Marital status; At what age did you get married for the first time? How many kids do you have? What is your education? Where do you work? What do you know about cervical cancer? From where did you hear about cervical cancer? How do you think, what are the reasons for developing cervical cancer and contributing factors? Symptoms of cervical cancer? Do you have information? Lack of resources? Doctor-related barriers; I think that it is not necessary, because; Psychosocial factors; Fear of screening/test results; Fear of procedure; If you have been screened; How many screening rounds have you visited. We assessed the validity of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha. Concordance between questions is reliable when a>0.70.

Results: The questionnaire turned out to be clear for doctors, nurses. Another portion of responders needed help with the wording and content of the question. Testing questionnaire for concordance revealed that Cronbach's Alpha=0.719. which shows the high correlation between factors.

Conclusion: questionnaire has been developed, which is valid for finding ways to improve cervical cancer for questionnaire survey of the medical community and target population of screening.