Table 3 Constructs of HBM on study of cervical screening service utilization factors associated with cervical cancer screening service utilization among age-eligible women for cervical cancer screening in Jimma town, south west Ethiopia, June, 2017
Items | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree | Mean(±SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived susceptibility | ||||||
You may get cervical cancer some time during your life | 37 | 68 | 91 | 282 | 43 | 3.43(1.05) |
It is likely that you will get cervical cancer in the future | 57 | 164 | 31 | 178 | 91 | 3.16(1.33) |
Your chances of getting cervical cancer in the next few years are high | 49 | 122 | 79 | 204 | 67 | 3.23(1.21) |
Perceived severity | ||||||
If you thought about cervical cancer you will worry | 13 | 42 | 39 | 412 | 15 | 3.72(0.76) |
When you think about cervical cancer, you will afraid | 19 | 49 | 46 | 402 | 5 | 3.62(0.81) |
Problems you would experience with cervical cancer would last a long time | 8 | 201 | 75 | 233 | 4 | 3.05(0.96) |
Cervical cancer would threaten a relationship with husband, or partner | 7 | 133 | 44 | 270 | 67 | 3.49(1.05) |
If you had cervical cancer your whole life would affected | 11 | 35 | 34 | 303 | 138 | 4.00(0.89) |
If you developed cervical cancer, you would not live longer than 5 years | 11 | 58 | 71 | 265 | 116 | 3.80(0.98) |
Perceived benefit | ||||||
Having cervical cancer screening regularly decrease worry of cervical cancer | 7 | 111 | 31 | 248 | 124 | 3.71(1.09) |
Having regular cervical cancer screening will help to find changes to cervix | 4 | 110 | 237 | 169 | 1 | 3.10(0.75) |
If cervical cancer was found at a cervical cancer screening its treatment would not be so bad | 3 | 139 | 20 | 240 | 118 | 3.64(1.12) |
Having a regular cervical cancer screening is the best to diagnosed early | 7 | 104 | 350 | 54 | 6 | 2.89(0.59) |
Having regular cervical cancer screening will decrease your chances of dying from cervical cancer | 9 | 31 | 11 | 312 | 158 | 4.11(0.84) |
Perceived barriers | ||||||
You may afraid to have a cervical cancer screening for fear of a bad result | 72 | 292 | 28 | 87 | 42 | 2.49(1.16) |
You don’t know where to go for a cervical cancer screening | 109 | 303 | 42 | 54 | 13 | 2.15(0.95) |
You would be ashamed to lie on a gynecologic examination table and show your private parts to have a cervical cancer screening | 76 | 314 | 41 | 74 | 16 | 2.31(0.99) |
Having a cervical cancer screening takes too much time | 56 | 247 | 159 | 56 | 3 | 2.43(0.84) |
Having a cervical cancer screening is too painful | 44 | 235 | 171 | 55 | 16 | 2.55(0.90) |
You neglect to have a cervical cancer screening regularly | 35 | 245 | 82 | 91 | 68 | 2.83(1.19) |
You have other problems more important than having a cervical cancer screening in your life | 70 | 251 | 61 | 86 | 52 | 2.61(1.20) |
You are too old to have a cervical cancer screening regularly | 84 | 295 | 78 | 53 | 11 | 2.26(0.92) |
There is no health center close to your house to have a cervical cancer screening | 94 | 306 | 67 | 48 | 6 | 2.17(0.87) |
You prefer a female doctor to conduct a cervical cancer screening | 61 | 214 | 23 | 166 | 57 | 2.89(1.28) |