title: [Impact of training about cervical cancer screening on health professionals working in basic health care units].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the impact of training professionals involved in the screening for cervical cancer in Basic Health Units in the city of Goiânia (GO).
  
  
  METHODS
  This was and intervention study in which the following data contained in the cervical cytopathology test form were examined: the woman's personal data, anamnesis, clinical examination and identification of the professional responsible for the collection. Professional training was evaluated by comparing the forms referring to the period from January 2007 to April 2009, before training, with the forms referring to the period from July 2010 to December 2012, after training. The Pearson χ2 test was used to analyze the results of training, with the 5% level of significance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After training, there was a significantly increased frequency of recording patient schooling (from 67.2 to 92.6%, p<0.001), telephone number (from 78.9 to 98.7%, p<0.001), cervical inspection (from 86.8 to 96.6%, p<0.001), and signs suggestive of sexually transmitted diseases (from 80.8 to 93.5%, p<0.001). There was a reduction in the frequency of performing the exam within an interval of less than one year (p<0.001) and of one year (p<0.001). There was a reduction in the frequency of Pap smear testing in women under 25 years of age, from 22.0 to 17.9% (p<0.001). There was a significant increase in the proportion of satisfactory samples from 70.4 to 80.2% (p<0.001). A reduction of confounding factors was observed. The desiccation frequency was 2.9% before training and 2.0% after training (p<0.001). There was an increase in the frequency of representation of endocervical cells from 79.5 to 88.5% (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After training, there was a significant improvement in completing the application form, the performance of such tests regarding frequency and the age range recommended by the Ministry of Health, and the adequacy of the sample.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ariadne Ferreira
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Silva
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana Cristina
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Erika Aparecida
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Citologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Suelene Brito do Nascimento
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rita Goreti
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Amaral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*