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HERNANDEZ GUZMAN, Tatiana; GONZALEZ CALDERON, Vanessa; OZAL MORA, Norma  y  GONZALEZ BLANCO, Mireya. Infección genital por el virus de papiloma humano: Grado de información que poseen las pacientes. Rev Obstet Ginecol Venez [online]. 2016, vol.76, n.3, pp.248-259. ISSN 0048-7732.

Objective: To determine the knowledge about the genital infection by the human papillomavirus, of patients attending the gynecology department of the Maternity “Concepción Palacios” in the period November 2012 - October 2013. Methods: Prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study included 372 patients who applied a survey. Results: 257 patients (69.1%) possessed a good degree of information; 18 (4.8%) regular and 97 (26.1%) bad. The average age was 41 ± 12 years and 58.8% belonged to the socio-economic stratum IV while for those who had good knowledge of Human Papilloma virus (HPV), for the women´s with less information was average age 47 ± 15 years and 64.9% belonged to the socio-economic stratum IV (P = 0,000). Among the patients with higher levels of knowledge, 56.8% had between 26 and 45 years, 58.8% had elementary school approved and 58.8% had previous diagnosis of HPV infection. Among those with a low level of knowledge, 36.1% had between 26 and 45 years, 77.3% had elementary school approved and 19.6 had previous diagnosis of infection. Respect to the information 268 know that is an infection of sexual transmission, 251 knew the condom protects against the infection, 222 associated the infection with the early begin of activity sexual, 261 with the number of sexual couples and 212 with the cancer of neck uterine. Conclusions: A high percentage of patients have a good knowledge HPV genital infection.

Palabras clave : Genital infection; Human papilloma virus; Precancerous lesions; Cervical cancer.

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