Skip to main content

Table 5 Attitudes of women towards cervical cancer prevention

From: Women’s knowledge and attitudes towards cervical cancer prevention: a cross sectional study in Eastern Uganda

Statement

Strongly disagree (%)

Disagree (%)

Neutral (%)

Agree (%)

Strongly agree (%)

1. Cervical cancer is a very severe disease

39 (4.3)

3 (0.3)

6 (0.7)

269 (29.9)

583 (64.9)

2. I am at risk of getting cervical cancer

38 (4.2)

50 (5.6)

128 (14.2)

476 (52.9)

208 (23.1)

3. Cervical cancer screening is important

32 (3.6)

6 (0.7)

12 (1.3)

428 (47.6)

422 (46.9)

4. Only women who are sexually active need cervical cancer screening

107 (11.9)

299 (33.2)

95 (55.7)

277 (30.8)

122 (13.6)

5. Women who have had sexually transmitted diseases are more likely to get cervical cancer

67 (7.4)

133 (14.8)

82 (9.1)

446 (49.6)

172 (19.1)

6. Once cervical cancer has been diagnosed, something can be done about it

127 (14.1)

429 (47.7)

92 (10.2)

164 (18.2)

88 (9.8)

7. Chances of curing cervical cancer are better when the disease is discovered at an early stage

52 (5.8)

76 (8.4)

66 (7.3)

490 (54.4)

216 (24.0)

8. Cervical cancer is not a death sentence for most people

144 (16.0)

305 (33.9)

102 (11.3)

248 (27.6)

101 (11.2)

9. There is much a woman can do to reduce her chances of getting cervical cancer

47 (5.2)

261 (29.0)

149 (16.6)

320 (35.6)

123 (13.7)

10. Women who have cervical cancer will have some signs to show it

40 (4.4)

37 (4.1)

76 (8.4)

466 (51.8)

281 (31.2)