Efectividad de un plan de mejoramiento en tamización cervical en un hospital de primer nivel

摘要

Introduction: In Colombia, Cancer has been declared as a public health prioritysince 2010. The cervical cancer keeps being an illness with a high prevalence.Although there is a high coverage in the country and there are prevention programs,based on the uterine cytology, there is still the impact of the developedcountries to achieve, resulting in difficulties on the screening for cervical cancer.The aim of this study is to evaluate an improvement plan effectiveness inthe screening for cervical cancer at the Santa Barbara Hospital (Medellin, Ant.)Materials and methods: Quasi-experimental study, ambi-directional. The datawere collected using a poll, applied before and after the implementation of theplan. The sample was selected by convenience, and consisted of 87 users ofthe service of cervical cytology. Results: The improvement plan was effective:?The program success increased from 50,6 % to 81.6 % (p:0,000). Regarding the samplequality, no significant difference was shown (p 0,727). Refering to the screeningprocess, the users satisfaction passed from 55,2 % to 87,4 %. Discussion: Despitethe limitations of a first-level hospital, it’s possible to achieve a quality process in thescreening for cervical cancer that brings confidence and satisfaction among the usersof the service; that also ensures the continuity of the process, while induces demandand thus produces a positive effect in reducing morbidity and mortality of this diseaseand also its consequences.