Chaman Ara1, Kousar Inayat2, Asif Hanif3, Saba Afsar4, Ihsan Ullah5. 1. District Gynaecologist, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, Pakistan. 2. Women Medical College Abbottabad, Pakistan. 3. Gulab Devi PGMI Lahore, Pakistan. 4. Gynaecology Department, Hayatabad Medical Teaching Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan. 5. Department of Pathology (Microbiology) Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, KMU, Peshawar.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: One of the common causes of mortality and morbidity among young women is cervical cancer. Following a wash of cervix through acetic acid, the Papanicolaou (PAP) smears and the visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), are compared. Objective of the study was to check the level of agreement between the PAP smear for cancer of cervix and VIA. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional study and was carried out in Obstetrics and Gynaecology department, Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. All patients were put in lithotomy position and vaginal speculum was applied and pap smear taken followed by 5% acetic acid application to cervix and changes in the cervix noted down. RESULTS: Patients with mean age 48±7.795 years were included. In 30 (12%) and 61 (24.4%) patients diagnosis of cervical cancer was positive on PAP smear and VIA respectively. The agreement between two test was significant with Kappa value = 0.322 and p-value ≤ 0.00. CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that agreement of PAP smear is almost 80%. VIA on the other hand can be used when there is no access to PAP smear.
BACKGROUND: One of the common causes of mortality and morbidity among young women is cervical cancer. Following a wash of cervix through acetic acid, the Papanicolaou (PAP) smears and the visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), are compared. Objective of the study was to check the level of agreement between the PAP smear for cancer of cervix and VIA. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional study and was carried out in Obstetrics and Gynaecology department, Sheikh Zaid Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. All patients were put in lithotomy position and vaginal speculum was applied and pap smear taken followed by 5% acetic acid application to cervix and changes in the cervix noted down. RESULTS: Patients with mean age 48±7.795 years were included. In 30 (12%) and 61 (24.4%) patients diagnosis of cervical cancer was positive on PAP smear and VIA respectively. The agreement between two test was significant with Kappa value = 0.322 and p-value ≤ 0.00. CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that agreement of PAP smear is almost 80%. VIA on the other hand can be used when there is no access to PAP smear.
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Keywords:
Cervical cancer screening; Pap smear; Visual Inspection with acetic acid (VIA);