Author(s): França, Inacia Sátiro Xavier de ; Maciel, Caroline Gomes ; Aragão, Jamilly da Silva ; Coura, Alexsandro Silva ; Santos, Aldenice Oliveira dos ; Silva, Arthur Felipe Rodrigues
Date: 2017
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Visually Impaired Persons; Women’s Health; Papillomaviridae.
association with risk factors. Methods: cross-sectional study with 29 women with visual impairment using a questionnaire containing demographic variables, risk factors and knowledge about the human papillomavirus. The analysis was performed using analytical and descriptive statistics, Fisher’s test, considering the significancelevel of 5%. Results: most participants said that they had already heard about the human papillomavirus (86.2%).One verified an association between the knowledge about the virus and the age of first sexual intercourse, the preventive Papanicolaou test and the frequency and use of condom. Conclusion: women with visual impairment, although with limitations, show knowledge about the human papillomavirus. This knowledge was associatedwith risk factors.
