COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAP SMEAR BETWEEN PREGNANT AND NON PREGNANT WOMEN

Dr. PRERNA KHANDELWAL; Dr.DILEEP P. JAVADEKAR; Dr. SUSHANT C. KUMBHAR

Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PAP SMEAR BETWEEN PREGNANT AND NON PREGNANT WOMEN

Dr. Prerna Khandelwal, Dr. Dileep P. Javadekar, Dr. Sushant C. Kumbhar

Abstract :

One of the most common gynaecological cancers worldwide that results in cancer deaths among females is cervical cancer. This is a prospective cohort study which compares PAP smear report between pregnant and non pregnant women. The study was conducted in B.K.L Walawalkar Rural Medical College and Hospital, Dervan, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India which comprised of 50 pregnant and 50 non pregnant women from July 2015 to December 2015. The average age of marriage for pregnant patients was 21 and that of non pregnant patients was 21. None of the studied patients had heard about PAP smear in past. Twenty eight percent of pregnant patients knew about cervical cancer as against 32 % of non pregnant patients. In this study 44 pregnant patients reported normal smear, and 41 non pregnant patients had normal smear. Inflammatory smear was noted in 4 pregnant females and 5 non pregnant females. ASCUS was reported in 1 pregnant and 2 non pregnant female. One pregnant patient and 2 non pregnant patients reported LSIL. Our study proves that there is no significant difference in PAP smear report between pregnant and non pregnant females. In our country, under RCH programme, minimum three antenatal visits are made mandatory. If PAP smear is made a part of routine antenatal tests then the follow up of patients become easy as they come for their advised antenatal checkups without failure hence improving the efficacy of the test.