Table 3 Awareness of risk factors, symptoms and screening methods of cervical cancer
From: Awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among Cameroonian healthcare workers
Variable | Total correct N (%) | Medical students N (%) | Nursing/Midwifery students N (%) | Doctors N (%) | Nurses/Midwives N (%) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge of 4 most important risk factors1 | 231 (58) | 48 (67) | 16 (41) | 52 (90) | 115 (49) | 0.000 |
Cervical cancer is preceded by treatable dysplasia | 323 (81) | 61 (86) | 21 (54) | 55 (95) | 186 (79) | 0.019 |
Dysplasia is usually asymptomatic | 174 (43) | 43 (61) | 14 (38) | 46 (79) | 71 (30) | 0.000 |
The following test may be used for screening: | ||||||
- Pap test2 | 337 (84) | 58 (82) | 29 (76) | 54 (93) | 196 (84) | 0.777 |
- HPV test3 | 190 (47) | 28 (39) | 18 (47) | 33 (57) | 111 (47) | 0.480 |
- VIA4 | 151 (38) | 25 (35) | 8 (21) | 34 (57) | 84 (36) | 0.001 |