Characterization of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in women treated in Jimmy Hirzel Polyclinic

Abstract

Background: cervical cancer is, after breast cancer, the one that most frequently affects women. The early detection and treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia guarantee life quality when faced with this affection.
Objective: to characterize those patients suffering from cervical intraepithelial neoplasias who are treated in Jimmy Hirzel polyclinic in Bayamo municipality, Granma province, from January to December, 2013.
Methods: a descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in a universe of 3450 patients who underwent vaginal cytology in the period of reference; the sample comprised 55 women with positive results in their tests. The variables such as: type of neoplasia, age, beginning of sexual relations, cervicitis, vaginal sepsis and smoking habit, were measured. The data were processed by simple count and arranged using absolute values and percentages.
Results: the presence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia was of a 1,6 %, prevailing those with low level (CIN I). The most affected age group was from 36 to 45 years old. Other relatively frequent risk factors were: vaginal sepsis, beginning of sexual relations between 15 and 20 years old, cervicitis and smoking habit.
Conclusion: there is a little incidence of the cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in the health area during the period of study