Evaluation of Women Having Pap Smear Test by Health Belief Model Scale

Background: Cervical cancer is the most important type of gynecologic cancer that can be prevented by early detection by screening test. Screening and early diagnosis with pap smear test are secondary prevention measures. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the women's beliefs about having Pap smear test. Study Design: This study was conducted as a descriptive study with 620 women between April and June 2016, who applied to gynecology out patient clinics of a state hospital and agreed to participate in the study. Method: The data were collected using the "Data Collection Form" and the "Health Belief Model Scale". The evaluation of the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as mean, number, percentage) and chisquare test, kruskal wallis test in the SPSS for Windows 16.0 statistical package program. The ethics committee of Usak University approved the ethics committee and obtained the institutional permission. Results: The average age of the women participating in the study is 37,66 (SS: 9,43 Min: 19,00, Max: 59,00). 90.32% of the participants were married, 45.32% were primary school graduates and 58.23% were housewives. 49.3% (n = 306) of women participating in the study had had a pap smear test at leastonce. A statistically significant difference was found between age, menopause, pregnancy, abortion, childbirth, number of births and number of childrenandstatus of getting information about cancer by pap smear test (p