PMID- 24779284
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140520
LR  - 20231111
IS  - 1121-2233 (Print)
IS  - 2421-4248 (Electronic)
IS  - 1121-2233 (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Dec
TI  - Psychosocial predictors of barriers to cervical cancer screening among Iranian 
      women: the role of attachment style and social demographic factors.
PG  - 218-22
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Despite advances in screening and treatment during past several 
      Decades, cervical cancer remains a major health problem for Iranian women. Recent 
      researches have focused on factors related to development of health behavior in 
      an effort to design effective early interventions. The current study aimed to 
      investigate the role of attachment styles on cervix cancer screening barriers 
      among women of Bandar Abbas-Iran. METHODS: In an analytic-cross sectional study, 
      681 women aged 21-65 referring to health centers were selected randomly and after 
      completing written informed consents were investigated by Revised Adult 
      Attachment Scale (RAAS) (Collins and Read), Pap smear screening barriers and 
      demographic data questionnaire. The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation 
      coefficient, linear regressions and chi-square test. RESULTS: The results showed 
      significant association between attachment styles and screening barriers. There 
      was a negative significant relation between secure attachment style and screening 
      barriers and there was a positive significant association between insecure 
      attachment style (anxiety and avoidant) and screening barriers. The regression 
      analysis indicated that insecure attachment style (avoidant) were predictors of 
      barriers to the Pap smear screening test in this regard. There was a significant 
      association between age and residential area and participation in Pap smear test. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Insecure attachment style is associated with hazardous risk 
      behaviors and these results can be useful for health service providers in 
      preventive planning of screening and identification of people susceptible to risk 
      and the design of the intervention.
FAU - Hajializadeh, K
AU  - Hajializadeh K
FAU - Ahadi, H
AU  - Ahadi H
FAU - Jomehri, F
AU  - Jomehri F
FAU - Rahgozar, M
AU  - Rahgozar M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Italy
TA  - J Prev Med Hyg
JT  - Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene
JID - 9214440
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Early Detection of Cancer/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran
MH  - *Mass Screening
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Object Attachment
MH  - Papanicolaou Test/psychology
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/*prevention & control
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4718322
EDAT- 2014/05/02 06:00
MHDA- 2014/05/21 06:00
PMCR- 2013/12/01
CRDT- 2014/05/01 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/05/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - Pacini [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Prev Med Hyg. 2013 Dec;54(4):218-22.