The effect of educational program based on beliefs, subjective norms and perceived behavior control on doing pap-smear test in sample of Iranian women

Table 2 Comparison of the mean scores of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and behavioral intention of the subjects before and 6 months after intervention in the experimental and control groups

Variable	Group	Before intervention	6 months after intervention	Paired t-test
Knowledge	Experimental	6.55 ± 2.09	11.20 ± 2.47	0.001
	Control	7.11 ± 2.58	7.26 ± 2.66	0.130
	Independent t test	0.09	0.001
Perceived susceptibility	Experimental	8.32 ± 2.15	15.11 ± 2.64	0.001
	Control	8.40 ± 2.86	9.15 ± 2.78	0.148
	Independent t test	0.104	0.001
Perceived severity	Experimental	8.32 ± 2.12	16.14 ± 2.16	0.001
	Control	7.97 ± 2.86	8.20 ± 2.91	0.172
	Independent t test	0.135	0.001
Perceived benefits	Experimental	8.70 ± 2.43	18.26 ± 2.71	0.001
	Control	9.04 ± 2.36	10.12 ± 2.22	0.198
	Independent t test	0.176	0.001
Perceived barriers	Experimental	18.16 ± 2.52	7.26 ± 2.57	0.001
	Control	18.78 ± 2.35	17.46 ± 2.41	0.256
	Independent t test	0.121	0.001
Behavioral control	Experimental	4.13 ± 1.08	8.34 ± 1.09	0.001
	Control	4.25 ± 1.10	5.68 ± 1.13	0.412
	Independent t test	0.289	0.001
Subjective norms	Experimental	8.12 ± 2.42	16.19 ± 2.28	0.001
	Control	7.90 ± 2.75	8.14 ± 2.76	0.166
	Independent t test	0.322	0.001
Behavioral intention	Experimental	4.06 ± 0.79	8.38 ± 1.13	0.001
	Control	4.14 ± 0.97	4.27 ± 1.11	0.528
	Independent t test	0.355	0.001

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