Effect of health education about cervical cancer and papanicolaou testing on the behavior, knowledge, and beliefs of Turkish women.

Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer observed among women in Turkey. The participation of women in cervical cancer screening programs is strongly affected by Turkish attitudes, beliefs, and sociocultural structure.

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of health education that aimed to raise awareness about Papanicolaou testing and to emphasize the importance of the early diagnosis of cervical cancer.

Knowledge, behavior and beliefs related to cervical cancer and screening among Turkish women.

Objective: The aims of this study were to explore Turkish women's knowledge, behavior and beliefs related to cervical cancer and screening.

Methods: The study was performed in two cities in the East of Turkey between September 2009 and April 2010, with a sampling group of 387 women. Data were collected by means of an interview form with the Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test - Turkish Version.

Quality of life and sexual functioning in gynecological cancer patients: results from quantitative and qualitative data.

Aims: The purpose of the present study was to determine the quality of life levels of patients with gynecologic cancer and to find out the problems that affect their quality of life and sexual functioning.

Methods: The research was carried out at the gynecologic oncology clinics of Istanbul University. The data were collected using The Quality of Life-Cancer Survivors (QOL-CS) Instrument with 100 survivors.

Risk factors for endometrial cancer in Turkish women: results from a hospital-based case-control study.

Purpose Of The Research: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between risk factors and endometrial cancer in Turkish women.

Methods And Sample: In a hospital-based case-control study conducted in Istanbul, 285 patients with histologically confirmed endometrial cancer were compared with 1050 controls, admitted to the different departments of the same hospital. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were obtained from multivariate logistic regression analysis, fitted by the method of maximum likelihood.

Views of patients with gynecologic cancer about the end of life.

This study was designed as a descriptive work assessing the reactions of gynecologic cancer patients to poor prognosis, determining their desires for the location of terminal care, and their preferences about life-sustaining technology. The study was carried out between 2002 and 2003 in a gynecologic oncology clinic of a university hospital located in Istanbul. Data were collected through interviews with 68 patients with gynecologic cancers.