Cervical Cancer Risk Factor: HPV Infection Among Indonesian Urban Women
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.087How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- HPV, infection, Indonesia
- Abstract
Cervical cancer is the fourth rank of women cancer in the world. The major cause of that cancer is Human Papilloma Virus, with the globally prevalence around 11.7% in 2010. In Indonesia, there is limited data of HPV infection. The aim of the study was to provide the national data of HPV infection among Indonesian urban women. The study was conducted in 2016–2017 in 34 provinces and 76 districts. Samples were cervical swabs collected from women who met inclusion criteria. Cervical swabs were screened for HPV infection using the hybrid capture method, then data were analyzed as descriptive. A total of 35,408 cervical swab specimens from 34 provinces in Indonesia were tested. The prevalence of HPV infection among urban women was 5.2%, mostly (85%) as high-risk HPV group. The highest prevalence of HPV infection was discovered among women, either aged 35–44 years old (5.9%), had educational background of college (5.7%), working as an employee (6.8%) or already divorced (10.4%).The discovery of HPV infection among Indonesian urban women which commonly from the high risk group is potential for cervical cancer. Therefore, the preventive dealings such as early detection and HPV vaccination are required to control the HPV infection in Indonesia.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Sarwo Handayani AU - Rita Marleta Dewi AU - Holy Arif Wibowo AU - Frans Dany AU - Natalie Laurencia Kipuw AU - Rosa Adelina AU - Kindi Adam AU - Nanang Yunarto AU - Sri Idaiani AU - Antonius Yudi Kristanto PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/22 TI - Cervical Cancer Risk Factor: HPV Infection Among Indonesian Urban Women BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 452 EP - 455 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.087 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.087 ID - Handayani2020 ER -