Revista Gestão & Saúde (Dec 2013)

ANALYSIS OF COVERAGE AND RESULTS OF PAP SMEAR TEST IN A BASIC HEALTH UNIT

  • Jéssica Fracalossi Feijó,
  • Gustavo Potratz Gonçalves,
  • Thaís Fonseca Chagas,
  • Carolina Airão Destefani,
  • Laryssa Caroline Reis Silva,
  • Luísa Gonçalves Dutra de Oliveira

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 1253 – 1268

Abstract

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Early diagnosis of uterine cervical cancer is extremely important to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by this type of cancer. This justifies a study to examine the coverage and results of the Pap smear test in SUS users, taking into account the alterations pattern and proposed treatment, and the women proportion who do not return to receive the results of such tests. With these aims, it was developed a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, using the records of a Basic Health Unit (UBS) in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and databases (SISCOLO and IBGE) of 2011. The results pointed total coverage of 11.25%, abnormal results in 78.66% of cases, proportion of 29.9% of exams undeliverable, average time between collection and arrival of the exam result into UBS of one month and 26 days and average time between collection and delivery of the results to the user of four months and six days.

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