The Role of Health Motivation in Enhancing Adherence to Cervical Cancer Screening Among Female Staff at the University of Kerbala

Abstract

Background:

To highlights the importance of understanding how health motivation influences the adherence to cervical cancer screening among female staff at the University of Kerbala. The aim of this study is to examine the role of health motivation in enhancing adherence to cervical cancer screening among female staff at the University of Kerbala.

Methods:

A cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study design was conducted among 285 female staff at Kerbala University, Iraq. Participants aged 20-65 years, using simple random sample to choose the participants. Data were collected using the validated scale of the Health Motivation, based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), was used in this study to assess the role of health motivation in adherence to cervical cancer prevention strategies and scale from previous studies to assess the adherence to preventive screening. Demographic data were also collected.

Results:

increase health motivation is associated with a probability increase cervical cancer its adherence to preventive screening (R2= 0.033).In contrast, adherence to preventive screening is primarily moderate (57.2%), with a mean score of 15.97±3.113. High adherence is seen in 20.7% of respondents, while 22.1% show low adherence.

Conclusions:

The significant role of health motivation in shaping attitudes and behaviors towards cervical cancer prevention suggests that interventions targeting motivation can have a substantial impact on health outcomes.