Table 1 Relationship between participants’ characteristics and cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women attending an Urban HIV care Clinic in Uganda (n = 205)
From: Cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive women in urban Uganda: a cross sectional study
Variable (n = 205) | n (%) | Ever screening for cervical cancer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | χ2 P value | ||
Age in years (µ = 37.5 ± 8.87) | ||||
≤ 36 | 105 (51.2) | 37 (35.2) | 68 (64.8) | 6.56 (0.010) |
> 36 | 100 (48.8) | 53 (53.0) | 47 (47.0) | |
Marital status | ||||
Single/never married | 13 (6.3) | 3 (23.1) | 10 76.9) | 2.44 (0.295) |
Married/cohabiting | 75 (36.6) | 34 (45.3) | 41 (54.7) | |
Separated /widowed | 117 (57.1) | 53 (45.3) | 64 (54.7) | |
Parity (µ = 3.9 ± 2.2) | ||||
≤ 4 | 138 (67.3) | 56 (40.6) | 82 (59.4) | 0.90 (0.169) |
> 4 | 33 (32.7) | 34 (50.8) | 33 (49.2) | |
Level of education | ||||
Uneducated/primary level | 119 (58.1) | 61(51.3) | 58 (48.7) | 6.37 (0.041) |
Secondary level | 63 (30.7) | 22 (34.9) | 41 (65.1) | |
Tertiary level | 23 (11.2) | 07 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | |
Employment status | ||||
Employed | 125 (41.0) | 55 (44.0) | 70 (56.0) | 0.01(0.972) |
Unemployed | 80 (39.0) | 35 (43.8) | 45 (56.2) | |
Age at first sexual intercourse (µ = 16.4 ± 2.5) | ||||
≤ 16 | 115 (56.1) | 58 (50.4) | 57 (49.6) | 4.54 (0.033) |
> 16 | 90 (43.9) | 32 (35.6) | 58 (64.4) | |
History of contraceptive use | ||||
Yes | 139 (67.8) | 57 (41.0) | 82 (59.0) | 1.47 (0.225) |
No | 66 (32.2) | 33 (43.9) | 115 (56.1) | |
Awareness of cervical cancer | ||||
Yes | 201 (98.0) | 90 (44.8) | 111 (52.2) | 3.19 (0.074) |
No | 4 (2.0) | 00 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | |
Awareness of cervical cancer screening | ||||
Yes | 201 (98.0) | 89 (44.3) | 112 (55.7) | 0.59 (0.442) |
No | 4 (2.0) | 01 (25.0) | 03 (75.0) | |
Source of information (n = 201) | ||||
Health professional ara> | 154 (75.1) | 81 (52.6) | 73 9 (47.4 | 19.00 (< 0.001) |
Media/friends/relatives | 51 (24.9) | 09 (17.7) | 42 (82.3) | |
Knowledge of a cervical cancer screening facility | ||||
Yes | 91 (44.4) | 43 (47.3) | 48 (52.8) | 0.75 (0.390) |
No | 114 (55.6) | 47 (41.2) | 67 (58.8) | |
Cost of cervical cancer screening service (n = 91) | ||||
Free | 51 (56.0) | 27 (52.9) | 24 (47.1) | 1.50 (0.220) |
Not free | 40 (44.0) | 16 (40.0) | 24 (60.0) | |
Affordability of the screening service (n = 40) | ||||
Affordable | 0 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – |
Not affordable | 40 (100%) | 16 (40.0) | 24 (60.0) | |