Women’s Satisfaction with Cervical Cancer Screening Services and Associated Factors in Maternal Health Clinics of Jimma Town Public Health Facilities, Southwest Ethiopia

Abstract

Background

Despite the existence of proven interventions for cervical cancer, low coverage and uptake of existing screening and treatment services remains the main challenge to prevention and control of cervical cancer in developing countries. This study aimed to assess women’s satisfaction with cervical cancer screening services and factors associated with it in public health facilities of Jimma town, Southwest Ethiopia.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 20 to May 20, 2020. All women aged between 30 and 49 years who visited health facilities during the data collection period were interviewed consecutively. Composite variables were computed from existing data for satisfaction, knowledge, and attitude. A 95% confidence interval was constructed for all outcome variables and multivariate logistic regression was used to identify predictors of satisfaction.

Results

Out of 205 interviewed women, 41% (95% CI: 34–47) were satisfied with cervical cancer screening services. One-hundred and seventeen (57%, 95% CI: 50–64) women had good comprehensive knowledge of cervical cancer screening and 121 (59%, 95% CI: 52–66) had favorable attitude. Satisfaction with cervical cancer screening service was statistically associated with occupational status, religion, perceived length of waiting time to see a provider, and knowledge of cervical cancer.

Conclusion

Satisfaction with cervical cancer screening services was low in public health facilities of Jimma town. Slightly more than half of women had good knowledge and favorable attitude regarding cervical cancer screening. Among the clinical factors, only perceived length of waiting time to see a provider and women’s knowledge of cervical cancer were statistically associated with satisfaction with screening services. Therefore, efforts should be made to improve level of satisfaction, knowledge and attitude of women toward cervical cancer and screening services.

Keywords:

• satisfaction
• knowledge
• attitude
• cervical cancer screening
• Ethiopia

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the different levels of administrative hierarchy and study participants.

Data Sharing Statement

The original data of this research are available from the corresponding author in SPSS software.

Author Contributions

All authors made a significant contribution to the work reported, whether that is in the conception, study design, execution, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation, or in all these areas; took part in drafting, revising or critically reviewing the article; gave final approval of the version to be published; have agreed on the journal to which the article has been submitted; and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Disclosure

The authors declared that they have no competing interests.