Table 2 Women’s Attitudes towards Cervical Cancer Screening by Adherence Classification (N = 377)
Attitude | Total n (%) | Adherence Classification | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adherent n (%) | Non-adherent n (%) | ||||
I think VIA screening is: | |||||
 Too expensive | Agree | 20 (5) | 7 (4) | 13 (6) | 0.40 |
Disagree | 357 (95) | 159 (96) | 198 (94) | Â | |
 Embarrassing | Agree | 103 (27) | 41 (25) | 62 (29) | 0.31 |
Disagree | 274 (73) | 125 (75) | 149 (71) | Â | |
 Likely to be painful | Agree | 146 (38) | 34 (20) | 112 (53) |  < 0.001a |
Disagree | 231 (61) | 132 (80) | 99 (47) | Â | |
I am: | |||||
 At low risk of cervical cancer | Agree | 161 (43) | 83 (50) | 78 (37) | 0.01a |
Disagree | 216 (57) | 83 (50) | 133 (63) | Â | |
 Not comfortable being screened by younger doctors/ nurses | Agree | 81 (21) | 32 (19) | 49 (23) | 0.35 |
Disagree | 296 (79) | 134 (81) | 162 (77) | Â | |
 Not comfortable being screened by male doctors/nurses | Agree | 126 (33) | 55 (33) | 71 (34) | 0.91 |
Disagree | 251 (67) | 111 (67) | 140 (66) | Â | |
 Able to get to a clinic that does screening easily | Agree | 333 (88) | 148 (89) | 185 (88) | 0.66 |
Disagree | 44 (12) | 18 (11) | 26 (12) | Â | |
 Worried that screening would show that I have cervical cancer | Agree | 114 (30) | 57 (34) | 57 (27) | 0.12a |
Disagree | 263 (70) | 109 (66) | 154 (73) | Â | |
 Too busy to undergo VIA screening | Agree | 66 (18) | 35 (21) | 31 (15) |  |
Disagree | 311 (82) | 131 (79) | 180 (85) | 0.01a | |
I have been: | |||||
 Advised by a doctor/ nurse to screen | Agree | 231 (61) | 126 (76) | 105 (50) |  < 0.001a |
Disagree | 146 (39) | 40 (24) | 106 (50) | Â | |
 Encouraged by a friend, partner or family member to screen | Agree | 120 (32) | 55 (33) | 65 (31) | 0.46 |
Disagree | 256 (68) | 110 (66) | 146 (69) | Â | |