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Table 4 Questionnaire responses: information seeking and impact of screening, by HIV-status

From: Knowledge and experience of a cohort of HIV-positive and HIV-negative Ghanaian women after undergoing human papillomavirus and cervical cancer screening

 

HIV-negative (%*)

N = 76

HIV-positive (%*)

N = 55

p values

Did you seek information about HPV/cervical cancer/cervical screening from anywhere else between having the initial testing and coming back for follow up?

 Yes

41.4%

40.0%

0.9

If yes, where did you look for information~

 Friends/family

8.3%

12.5%

 Doctors

22.2%

16.6%

 Other healthcare professional

44.4%

45.8%

 Internet

25.0%

25.0%

Would you have cervical cancer screening again if it was free?

 Yes

100.0%

91.4%

0.02

Would you have cervical cancer screening again if you had to pay for it?

 Yes

90.3%

80.7%

0.1

“I have told other women they should have cervical cancer screening”

 Yes

70.6%

70.2%

1.0

  1. *percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding
  2. ~multiple response item, presented as proportions of responses
  3. Fisher’s exact test
  4. Chi-squared test
  5. -- p values not calculated; multiple response items