Table 3 Knowledge and practice of participants regarding the cervical screening test (n = 450)
Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Do you know about the Pap test | ||
Yes | 219 | 48.7 |
No | 231 | 51.3 |
If the answer to the previous question was “yes”, please answer the following question (n = 219) The source of information for the Pap smear test | ||
Health professional | 131 | 59.8 |
Family | 17 | 7.8 |
Media | 52 | 23.7 |
Other (friends, neighbors, etc.,) | 19 | 8.7 |
The Pap smear test is the primary test used for cervical cancer screening | ||
Yes | 110 | 50.2 |
No | 25 | 11.4 |
I don’t know | 84 | 38.4 |
Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women | ||
Yes | 63 | 28.8 |
No | 66 | 30.1 |
I don’t know | 90 | 41.1 |
Did you undergo a Pap test?(excluded single women n = 392) | ||
Yes | 101 | 26 |
No | 291 | 74 |
Appropriate age for screening for married women | ||
I don’t know | 149 | 33.1 |
15–20 | 41 | 9.2 |
21–29 | 51 | 11.4 |
30–40 | 192 | 42.6 |
41–50 | 17 | 3.7 |
Mean ± SD | 31.8 ± 7.8 | |
Range (Min. – Max.) | 15.0–50 | |