Table 2 Participants’ awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer, and information source about cervical cancer, Pap smear testing and HPV
Questions | N |
|---|---|
Have you ever heard of cervical cancer? | Â |
No | 38.0 (8.4) |
Yes | 414.0 (91.6) |
Are you concerned about having/developing cervical cancer? 1 | Â |
No | 90.0 (21.7) |
A little | 66.0 (15.9) |
Moderately | 96.0 (23.2) |
Extremely | 162.0 (39.1) |
Do you know the risk factors/causes of cervical cancer? | Â |
No | 320.0 (77.3) |
Yes | 94.0 (22.7) |
Risk factors for cervical cancer cited by the respondents* | Â |
Abortion | 28.0 (29.8) |
Sexually transmitted infection | 27.0 (28.7) |
Smoke | 21.0 (22.3) |
Multiple partners | 19.0 (20.2) |
Insert products/fingers into the vagina | 17.0 (18.1) |
Sex at an early age | 14.0 (14.9) |
Lack of hygiene | 10.0 (10.6) |
Alcohol/Drug | 7.0 (7.5) |
Excessive sex | 4.0 (4.3) |
Heredity | 3.0 (3.2) |
High parity | 2.0 (2.1) |
Early pregnancy | 2.0 (2.1) |
Self-perceived chance of developing cervical cancer 2 ? | Â |
Non existent | 38.0 (40.4) |
Very low | 20.0 (21.3) |
low | 12.0 (12.8) |
moderate | 14.0 (14.9) |
High | 10.0 (10.6) |
Information source about cervical cancer? | Â |
Foreign media | 118.0 (28.5) |
Gabonese media | 112.0 (27.1) |
Medical staff | 108.0 (26.0) |
Family/friends | 76.0 (18.4) |
Information source about Pap smear test? | Â |
Medical staff | 66.0 (52.4) |
Foreign media | 30.0 (23.8) |
Gabonese media | 16.0 (12.7) |
Family/friends | 14.0 (11.1) |
Information source about HPV? | Â |
Foreign media | 26.0 (65.0) |
Medical staff | 14.0 (35.0) |
Gabonese media | 0.0 (0.0) |
Family/friends | 0.0 (0.0) |