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ArticleJournal of patient experience2024

"It was not normal, and I had to find a doctor and tell him." Kenyan Women's Response to Cervical Cancer Symptoms.

Rahma Mkuu, Charity Hungu, Francis Makokha, Idethia Harvey, Benda Kithaka, Sharon Mweni, Chemtai Mungo, Daniela Rivero-Mendoza, Jaclyn M Hall, Joystacy Mutegi and 5 more

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Article in Journal of patient experience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Rahma MkuuDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7921-1430
Charity HunguKenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Francis MakokhaResearch & Innovation, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya.
Idethia HarveyCollege of Health Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Benda KithakaKilele Health Association, Nairobi, Kenya.
Sharon MweniDepartment of Health, Machakos County, Machakos, Kenya.
Chemtai MungoLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C. Basnight Cancer Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3655-4721
Daniela Rivero-MendozaDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jaclyn M HallDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Joystacy MutegiDepartment of Health, Machakos County, Machakos, Kenya.
Dorothy OchiengDepartment of Health, Machakos County, Machakos, Kenya.
John KaindiDepartment of Health, Machakos County, Machakos, Kenya.
Ann K HorsburghDepartment of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-8013
Carla FisherDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Ramzi G SalloumDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the cervical cancer diagnosis experience of Kenyan women undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. We analyzed qualitative interviews with 29 women living in rural Kenya who were currently undergoing cervical cancer treatment at Machakos Cancer Care and Research Centre at Machakos Level 5 Referral Hospital in eastern Kenya. Semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted in Kiswahili and English and then de-identified and translated to English during transcription. The main themes generated were identified through an inductive approach to determine how women experienced cervical cancer symptoms and their process of navigating healthcare. Three themes emerged from the qualitative interviews: (1) delaying seeking care, (2) misinterpreting or misdiagnoses, and (3) grappling with the costly diagnosis process. Women misattributed early signs of cervical cancer to benign conditions. Women sought care only after experiencing severe symptoms. When they sought care, women reported facing lengthy and costly screening processes before receiving a cervical cancer diagnosis. There is a need to educate women on the early symptoms of cervical cancer and to increase the institutional capacity and availability of cervical cancer screening resources in healthcare facilities.

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cervical cancerdiagnosisdischargeKenyapainscreeningsymptomtreatment

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PMID39574921
PMCPMC11580070

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