Table 3 Knowledge about risk factors and symptoms among women at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, South Central Ethiopia, 2020/2021
Knowledge Item Questions | Yes (%) | No (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Heard about CC screening | 311(68.1) | 146(31.9) | |
Knowledge about risk factors | |||
Abortion | 23(7.4) | 288(92.6) | |
Hereditary | 7(2.2) | 304(97.8) | |
Multi-sexuality | 42(13.5) | 269(86.5) | |
Cigarette smoking | 21(6.8) | 290(93.2) | |
Prolonged use of OCP | 10(3.2) | 301(96.8) | |
HPV infection | 6(1.9) | 305(98.1) | |
Witchcraft | 6(1.9) | 305(98.1) | |
Don’t you know about the risk factors? | 214(68.8) | 97(31.2) | |
Knowledge about symptoms of CC | |||
Vaginal bleeding between periods | 41(23.6) | 270(76.4) | |
Foully-smelling vaginal bleeding | 52(16.7) | 259(83.3) | |
Coital pain | 25(8) | 286(92) | |
Post-coital bleeding | 11(3.5) | 300(96.5) | |
Abdominal pain | 15(4.8) | 296(95.2) | |
Don’t you know about the symptoms of CC | 232(73.6) | 79(26.4) | |
Prevention methods for cervical cancer | |||
Avoiding multi sexuality | 72(23.2) | 239(76.8) | |
Utilization of cervical cancer screening | 59(19) | 252(81) | |
Genital hygiene | 50(16) | 261(84) | |
Avoiding early sexual intercourse | 22(7.1) | 289(92.9) | |
Avoiding or stopping cigarette smoking | 35(11.3) | 276(88.7) | |
Avoiding prolonged use of OCP | 11(3.5) | 300(96.5) | |
Other(child spacing, facility delivery, Nutrition, and not being multi-parity) | 4(1.3) | 307(98.7) | |
Don’t you know about prevention methods | 227(73) | 84(27) | |
Knowledge of the communicability of CC | 77(24.8) | 234(75.2) | |
Knowledge of the Treatment methods | |||
Traditional medicines | 34(10.9) | 277(89.1) | |
Modern medicines | 89(28.6) | 222(71.4) | |
Radiology | 14(4.5) | 297(95.5) | |
Surgery | 43(13.8) | 268(86.1) | |
I don’t know | 174(55.9) | 137(44.1) | |
Deliverability of CCS service in any health institution | 121(38.9) | 190(61.1) | |
Do you know the interval of cervical cancer screening | 42(13.5) | 269(86.5%) | |
Do you know the service cost for cervical cancer screening | 79(25.4) | 232 (74.6%) | |
Availability of vaccination against cervical cancer | 91(29.3) | 220(70.7) | |
Age 30–49 is the target age of women for cervical cancer screening | 27(8.7) | 284(91.3) | |
Cervical cancer is curable | 176(56.4) | 135(43.4) | |
Know Methods of cervical cancer screening | 8(2.6) | 303(97.4) | |
The stage of CC among women cancers in Ethiopia | 115(37) | 196(63.0) | |
Do you know the CCS utilization interval | 44(14.1) | 267(85.9) | |
Women aged 30–49 were eligible for CC screening | 27(8.7) | 284(91.3) | |
Overall Knowledge | Satisfactory | 93(20.4) | |
Poor | 364(70.9) | ||