Relationship between Mothers' Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer and Attitudes toward Preventing Cervical Cancer in Their Pubertal Daughters
10.4069/kjwhn.2019.25.4.434
- Author:
Da Bit LEE
1
;
Hae Won KIM
Author Information
1. Graduate Student, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cervical cancer;
Attitude;
Puberty;
Mothers
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Diagnosis;
Education;
Female;
Humans;
Intention;
Logistic Models;
Maternal Health;
Mothers;
Nuclear Family;
Puberty;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms;
Vaccination
- From:Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
2019;25(4):434-445
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between a mother's diagnosis of cervical cancer and attitudes toward cervical cancer prevention in their daughters. Their intention to recommend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for their daughters, their confidence in 8 methods for cervical cancer prevention with their daughters, and their negative emotions about the assumption of their daughter's HPV infection.METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis of data from the study of maternal health beliefs about preventing cervical cancer. The study sample were women who reported whether ever diagnosed with cervical cancer, who had pubertal daughters (n=1,578). Data were analyzed by cross-tabulation analysis, Spearman's rank correlation analysis, and logistic regression.RESULTS: Mothers diagnosed with cervical cancer were more confident in using methods to prevent cervical cancer in their daughters (Z=−4.42, p<.001) and were more likely to feel negative emotions about the assumption of their daughters' HPV infection (Z=−2.44, p=.015) than mothers who were not diagnosed. Significant factors influencing their intention to recommend the HPV vaccination to their daughters were the mother's confidence in preventing cervical cancer in their daughters (odds ratio [OR], 1.003; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.002–1.004) and their negative emotions about the assumption of their daughters' HPV infection (OR,1.016; 95% CI, 1.004–1.028).CONCLUSION: For the early prevention of cervical cancer in pubertal daughters, the education of their mothers should include interventions to increase confidence in preventing cervical cancer in their daughters and sensitivity of HPV infection toward daughters.
