Variables | Response | Frequency | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Heard about cervical cancer | Yes | 501 | 65.1 |
No | 269 | 34.9 | |
Know the risk factors for cervical cancer | Yes | 202 | 40.3 |
No | 299 | 59.7 | |
Knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer | Sexually transmitted disease | 153 | 75.7 |
Smoking | 120 | 59.4 | |
Having multiple Sexual Partners | 135 | 66.8 | |
Poor dietary habit | 40 | 19.8 | |
Early marriage | 129 | 63.8 | |
Family history of cervical cancer | 19 | 9.4 | |
Others | 18 | 8.9 | |
HPV is a causative agent of cervical cancer | Yes | 93 | 18.6 |
No | 408 | 81.4 | |
Know common symptoms of cervical cancer | Yes | 100 | 20.0 |
No | 401 | 80.0 | |
Knowledge on the symptoms of cervical cancer | Intra or Post coital bleeding | 58 | 58.0 |
Bleeding after menopause | 38 | 38.0 | |
Persistent blood stained vaginal discharge | 73 | 73.0 | |
Lower abdominal pain | 33 | 33.0 | |
Others | 1 | 1.0 | |
Cervical cancer is preventable | Yes | 327 | 65.3 |
No | 174 | 34.7 | |
Cervical cancer is curable | Yes | 214 | 42.7 |
No | 287 | 57.3 | |
Heard about pap smear test | Yes | 107 | 21.4 |
No | 394 | 78.6 | |
If yes where did you hear about Pap smear for the first time? | Relatives | 64 | 12.8 |
Friends | 88 | 17.6 | |
Health workers | 123 | 24.6 | |
Mass media | 206 | 41.1 | |
Others | 20 | 4.0 | |
How many times should a healthy woman undergo pap smear test? | Only once | 26 | 24.3 |
Two times only | 34 | 31.8 | |
At least three times and above | 47 | 43.9 |