Table 3 Awareness of the cervical cancer screening test
Variable | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Awareness of cervical cancer screening test | ||
Yes | 250 | 67.6 |
No | 37 | 10.0 |
I don’t know | 83 | 22.4 |
Age of women should start doing the test | ||
18–25 years | 82 | 22.2 |
> 25 years | 22 | 5.9 |
≥ 30 years | 45 | 12.2 |
≥ 40 years | 46 | 12.4 |
At the age of marriage | 17 | 4.5 |
At menopause | 9 | 2.4 |
Unrelated to age | 11 | 2.9 |
When a woman feels pain | 1 | 0.3 |
I don’t know | 137 | 37.0 |
Practiced the pap smear test | ||
Yes | 36 | 9.7 |
No | 323 | 87.3 |
I don’t know | 11 | 3.0 |
Interested in doing a pap smear test | ||
Yes | 278 | 75.1 |
No | 75 | 20.3 |
I don’t know | 17 | 4.6 |
Pap tests should be done regularly every three years | ||
Yes | 172 | 46.5 |
No | 92 | 24.9 |
I don’t know | 106 | 28.6 |