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Table 3 Barriers and Facilitators to uptake of CCS by study design

From: Barriers and facilitators to uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in Uganda: a systematic review

Barriers

Identified as statistically significant in QN study (# studies)

Identified as proportion or other result in QN study (# studies)

Identified in a QL study (# studies)

Total # studies in which identified

Poor knowledge of CC

_

_

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Mwaka 2013

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Teng 2014

4

Poor knowledge of CCS

_

_

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Mwaka 2013

3. Ndejjo 2017b

3

Low perceived risk of CC

_

1. Mutyaba 2006

2. Ndejjo 2017a

3. Twinomujuni 2015

_

3

CC not considered significant / CCS not considered important

_

1. Twinomujuni 2015

2. Waiswa 2017

1. Teng 2014

3

Embarrassment

_

_

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Mwaka 2013

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Paul 2013

5. Teng 2014

5

Lack of privacy

_

1. Busingye 2012

2. Teng 2014

1. Mitchell 2011

2. Twinomujuni 2015

4

Fear of screening

_

1. Li 2017

2. Twinomujuni 2015

1. Busingye 2012

2. Hasahya 2016

3. Mwaka 2013

4. Paul 2013

5. Teng 2014

7

Fear of outcome

_

_

1. Busingye 2012

2. Hasahya 2016

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Paul 2013

5. Teng 2014

5

Lack of financial / emotional support from spouse

_

_

1. Mwaka 2013

1

Stigma

_

_

1. Busingye 2012

2. Hasahya 2016

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Teng 2014

4

Traditional healers accessed over HCWs

_

_

1. Ndejjo 2017b

1

Older age

_

1. Mitchell 2011

_

1

Residing in a remote or rural area

_

1. Waiswa 2017

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Mwaka 2013

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Paul 2013

5

Limited access to CCS facility

1. Ndejjo 2016

1. Osingada 2015

2. Waiswa 2017

1. Mwaka 2013

2. Ndejjo 2017b

5

Limited resources and health infrastructure

_

1. Mutyaba 2006

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Mwaka 2013

3. Ndejjo 2017b

4. Paul 2013

5

No time / long wait times

_

1. Li 2017

1. Busingye 2012

2. Paul 2013

3

Perceiving HCWs as rude

_

_

1. Ndejjo 2017b

1

Lack of trained HCWs

_

_

1. Mwaka 2013

1

Financial costs associated with CCS

_

1. Twinomujuni 2015

1. Mwaka 2013

2. Ndejjo 2017b

3. Paul 2013

4

Facilitators

Identified as statistically significant in QN study (# studies)

Identified as proportion or other result in QN study (# studies)

Identified in a QL study (# studies

Total # studies in which identified

Knowledge of CC

_

_

1. Ndejjo 2017b

2. Teng 2014

2

Knowledge of CCS

1. Ndejjo 2016

2. Ndejjo 2017a

_

_

2

Perceived risk of CC

1. Mitchell 2011

2.Twinomujuni 2015

1. Ndejjo 2017a

_

3

CC considered significant disease / CCS considered important

_

1. Ndejjo 2017a

_

1

Experiencing signs / symptoms of CC

–

1. Ndejjo 2016

1. Ndejjo 2017b

2. Paul 2013

3

Fear of outcome

_

_

1. Paul 2013

1

Not afraid of outcome

1. Twinomujuni 2015

_

_

1

Wanted to know health status

_

1. Ndejjo 2016

2. Ndejjo 2017a

1. Ndejjo 2017b

3

Family or spousal support

_

1. Twinomujuni 2015

1. Paul 2013

2

Personal / family experiences with CC or CCS

1. Ndejjo 2016

_

1. Hasahya 2016

2. Ndejjo 2017b

3

Recommended to attend screening

1, Ndejjo 2016

2. Osingada 201

1. Twinomujuni 2015

1. Mwaka 2013

2. Paul 2013

5

Age > 25 years

1. Osingada 2015

_

_

1

Postsecondary or greater education

1. Busingye 2012

_

_

1

Higher income

1. Ndejjo 2017a

_

_

1

Formal employment

1. Twinomujuni 2015

_

_

1

Living with spouse

1. Twinomujuni 2015

_

_

1

Smaller household size

1. Ndejjo 2016

_

_

1

Residing in urban or semi urban areas

1. Ndejjo 2016

_

_

1

Access to health facility where CCS offered

_

1. Ndejjo 2017a

_

1

Not being concerned about gender of HCW

1. Osingada 2015

_

_

1

Community Outreach

1. Osingada 2015

_

_

1

  1. QN = quantitative study QL = qualitative study