Resumen

SALAS SABATES, Isela; TEJERA IBARRA, Graciela Trinidad; RICANO MARQUES, Idania  y  DEL PRADO FERNANDEZ, Rosario Beatriz. Epidemiological aspects in cytologies with abnormal results in "El Torno" Bolivian hospital . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.3, pp. 477-483. ISSN 1029-3019.

An observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study of 886 women with positive cytological results, assisted in the Gynecology Department from "El Torno" hospital in Bolivia, was carried out from January to December, 2009, in order to characterize epidemiological aspects in cytologies with abnormal results. The information was obtained from the individual medical record of each patient and a survey elaborated to the effect. The processing of data was carried out in a computerized way, through the system Epi Info 6. Chi square test and the percentage as summary measure were used as statistical tests. The age group 20-39 years and the diagnosis of inespecific inflammatory reactions of the cervix prevailed in the case material. The positivity of the Pap smears showed a descending tendency in relation to previous years. It was evidenced that the patients began their sexual relations in an early stage and most of them had more than one sexual couple.

Palabras clave : woman; multiparous woman; papanicolaou; abnormal cervicovaginal cytology; sexual relation; sexual couple; Bolivia.