PAP TEST PRACTICE AND BARRIERS OF NURSES IN BANDUNG, WEST JAVA

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PAP TEST PRACTICE AND BARRIERS OF NURSES IN BANDUNG, WEST JAVA Putu Inge Ruth Suantika1 *, Yanti Hermayanti2 , Titis Kurniawan2 1. Institute of Technology and Health Bali, Bali 80225, Indonesia 2. Faculty of Nursing Universitas Padjajaran, Sumedang 45363, Indonesia *E-mail: ingeruth@itekes-bali.ac.id Abstract The lack of interest from the public and health workers, such as nurses to carry out a pap test, is one of the triggers of cervical cancer cases. The purpose of this study was to identify the implementation of pap tests and barriers of nurses in Bandung, West Java. This study used a cross-sectional descriptive study design with a sample of 286 married nurses. Data collection was conducted during two months. The analysis was conducted by the Fisher exact test or chi-square test. The results showed that the level of education and religion had a significant relationship with the pap test behavior (p= 0.000; p= 0.031). The most perceived barrier was that respondents felt uncomfortable with the male examiners. So it was recommended to provide female examiners in the ob-gyn section in the hospitals and to improve the nurses' perceptions with pap test. Keywords: barrier, nurse, pap smear, practice