Abstract Objective: To investigate the cognition and screening status of women who newly diagnosed cervical cancer in Wanning city of Hainan Province, and to analyze the possible influencing factors further. Methods: 400 women who were first diagnosed cervical cancer in Wanning city people's hospital from March 2015 to March 2018 were selected as the subjects. The questionnaire included demographic data and the knowledge of cervical cancer was used to investigate the cognitive and screening status of cervical cancer of women who newly diagnosed cervical cancer, and its influencing factors were also analyzed. Results: 21.0% of included women had low cognitive level of cervical cancer, 57.0% of women had common cognitive level, and 22.0% of women had high cognitive level. 70.8% of women had never accessed cervical cancer screening, 26.0% of women had undergone screening in 1 to 3 years, and 3.2% of women had undergone screening 3 years ago. Multi factor analysis had showed that age (31-45 years old), marriage (married), education (high school / Junior College), and residence (rural) were the main factors which affected cognitive level of women (P<0.05). Conclusion: The level of knowledge for preventing and treating cervical cancer, cognitive and screening of women who newly diagnosed cervical cancer are low. Especially for women in rural areas, at the high school or junior college level of education, or married women at 31-45 years old, effective measures should be complement to improve level of awareness and screening of cervical cancer in order to improve the health of women.
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