Women's behaviours towards cervical cancer screening in the COVID-19 pandemic: A moderated-mediation-model based on Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills

CONCLUSION: Our study revealed that as women's motivation for cervical cancer screening increased, their behavioural skills also increased. It can be stated that middle-aged and older women with higher behavioural skills are more likely to have screening during the pandemic and to comply with national recommendations.IMPACT: This study is the first quantitative study to test the impact of the components of the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model on cervical cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the results reveal the mediating effect of behavioural skills in the relationship between motivation and cervical cancer scanning behaviour and the moderated mediation effect of age. Our results can provide insight for nurses into how to triage women with delayed cervical cancer screening, how to build screening capacity, and how intervention strategies should be developed to improve compliance with cervical cancer screening and follow-up recommendations in women at risk during and after the pandemic.PMID:36177523 | DOI:10.1111/jan.15447
Source: Adv Data - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Source Type: research