Developing a culturally tailored short message service (SMS) intervention for improving the uptake of cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women in urban communities

Table 7 Attitudes and practices related to the use of mobile phone and text messages (N = 130)

Characteristics	Communities		Banks		Total	%	Chi-value	p value
Characteristics	No	%	No	%	Total	%	Chi-value	p value
Receives text message							0.004	1.000*
Yes	67	98.5	61	98.4	128	98.5
No	1	1.5	1	1.6	2	1.5
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100
Normally reads text messages							2.747	0.246*
Yes	64	95.5	61	100	125	97.7
No	3	4.5	0	0	3	2.3
Total	67	100	61	100	128	100
Ever received text messages on health-related topics							5.381	0.072*
Yes	36	52.9	43	69.4	79	60.8
No	26	38.2	18	29	44	33.9
Can't remember	6	8.8	1	1.6	7	5.4
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100
Willingness to receive test message on CC testing							1.105	0.477*
Yes	68	100	61	98.4	129	99.2
No	0	0	1	1.6	1	0.8
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100
Willingness to go for CC screening upon receipt of test messages							6.746	0.029*
Yes	62	91.2	61	94.4	123	94.6
No	0	0	1	1.6	1	0.77
Undecided	6	8.8	0	0	6	4.6
Total	68	100	62	100	130	100
Preferred time of day to receive text messages on CC							14.22	0.010*
Morning	11	16.2	13	21	24	18.6
Afternoon	4	5.9	5	8.1	9	6.9
Evening	6	8.8	18	29	24	18.6
Night	2	2.9	2	3.2	4	3.1
Anytime	38	55.9	23	37.1	61	46.9
No suggestion	7	10.3	1	1.6	8	6.2
Total	68	100	68	62	130	100
Preferred duration of text messages							1.053	0.907*
Less than 1 month	6	8.8	4	6.5	10	7.7
1 month	22	32.4	17	27.4	39	30
2 months	3	4.4	2	3.2	5	3.9
More than 2 months	22	32.4	24	38.7	46	35.4
No suggestion	15	22.1	15	24.2	30	23.1
Total	68	100.0	62	100	130	100.0
Frequency of text messages per day desired							10.321	0.036*
Once	21	30.9	34	54.8	55	42.3
Twice	24	35.3	16	25.8	40	30.8
Thrice	6	8.8	1	1.6	7	5.4
More than thrice	8	11.8	3	4.8	11	8.5
No suggestion	9	13.2	8	12.9	17	13.1
Total	68	100	62	99.9	130	100.0
Total	68	100	62	100.0	130	100.0

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