Assessment of Nursing Staff Attitude Regarding Prevention of Cervical Cancer

Background Cervical cancer is considered 4th common prevalent tumor among women internationally while in Egypt, it is considered 14th major contributor to female tumor. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study framework executed in Mansoura University Hospital and other 6 buildings (psychiatry, burns, outpatient, special medicine, convalescence and radiation building), Mansoura city, Egypt among 414 nursing staff who were chosen by using the convenience sampling technique. A structured interview questionnaire consisting of two parts was used to gather data from June 2024 and continued until the end of November 2024. Univariate analysis for descriptive data and bivariate analysis through the chi-square test were performed. Results The current research revealed that 76.3% of the investigated nursing staff had a positive attitude toward prevention of cervical cancer while, 69.3% of them agreed that cervical neoplasm is highly preventable disease and 71.7% of them agreed that cervical neoplasm is curable if detected early. Also, there was a highly statistically significant association between educational level and attitude and highly statistically significant association between marital status and their attitude. Also, there was a highly statistically significant association between vaccination against HPV and positive attitude While, there was statistically significant association between positive attitude and cervical cancer screening. Conclusion It is concluded that exceeding three quarters of nursing staff demonstrated a positive attitude concerning cervical cancer & its prevention. Clinical trial number : Not applicable.