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Table 3 Analysis of women’s perceptions of the self-collection brush stratified by age, including absolute and relative frequencies and descriptive level (p-value)

From: Age-related acceptability of vaginal self-sampling in cervical cancer screening at two university hospitals: a pilot cross-sectional study

 

≤ 29 years

30–49 years

≥ 50 years

Total

p

N

%

N

%

N

%

  

1. Understanding how to use the self-collection brush

Very easy

16

28.1

36

63.2

5

8.8

57

0.591

Easy

17

29.3

31

53.4

10

17.2

58

A bit difficult

0

0.0

1

100.0

0

0.0

1

2. Using the self-collection brush

Very easy

9

22.5

27

67.5

4

10.0

40

0.378

Easy

22

30.6

40

55.6

10

13.9

72

A bit difficult

2

50.0

1

25.0

1

25.0

4

3. Discomfort or pain when using the self-collection brush

Painful, uncomfortable

0

0.0

6

100.0

0

0.0

6

0.080

Not very painful, uncomfortable

11

44.0

13

52.0

1

4.0

25

Not painful, uncomfortable l

22

25.9

49

57.6

14

16.5

85

4. Embarrassed or ashamed when using the self-collection brush

Embarrassed/ashamed

1

50.0

1

50.0

0

0.0

2

0.427

Not very embarrassed/ashamed

9

37.5

14

58.3

1

4.2

24

Not embarrassed/ashamed

23

25.6

53

58.9

14

15.6

90

5. Fear of hurting oneself when using the self-collection brush

Very afraid

1

100.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.025

Afraid

5

71.4

2

28.6

0

0.0

7

Not very afraid

7

33.3

9

42.9

5

23.8

21

Not afraid

20

23.0

57

65.5

10

11.5

87

6. Self-collection vs. collection by a health professional

Self-collection

27

30.3

49

55.1

13

14.6

89

0.769

Health professional

4

26.7

10

66.7

1

6.7

15

Indifferent

2

16.7

9

75.0

1

8.3

12

Total

33

28.4

68

58.6

15

12.9

116