[
    {
        "id": "osp-10519",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Knowledge of Risk Factors, Symptoms and Barriers to Seeking Medical Help for Cervical Cancer among Omani Women Attending Sultan Qaboos University Hospital",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Azri",
                "given": "Mohammed H"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Saidi",
                "given": "Maytha"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Mutairi",
                "given": "Eman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Panchatcharam",
                "given": "Sathiya M."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/knowledge-of-risk-factors-symptoms-and-barriers-to-seeking-medical-help-for-cervical-cancer-among-omani-women-attending-sultan-qaboos-university-hospi",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "20",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "e301-309",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2020.20.03.009",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to assess knowledge and attitudes among Omani woman regarding cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms as well as barriers to them seeking medical help. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2017 and March 2018 at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in Muscat, Oman. A validated Arabic-language version of the Cervical Cancer Awareness Measure questionnaire was used to collect data from 550 Omani women visiting SQUH during the study period. Results: A total of 490 women participated (response rate: 89.1%) in this study. Overall, the women demonstrated low levels of knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms (28.5% and 45.0%, respectively). The most frequently recognised risk factor was having many children (36.1%), while the most recognised symptom was unexplained vaginal bleeding (69.8%). Women reported that being too scared was the greatest barrier to seeking medical help (68.0%). Various factors were significantly associated with greater knowledge of cervical cancer signs and symptoms including education level (odds ratio [OR] = 2.85; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0–8.22; P"
    }
]