Table 3 Awareness, experience, and attitudes towards cervical cancer screening varied by the signing status of family doctor (N = 4389)
Variable | Signing up with family doctors | P for chi square test | |
|---|---|---|---|
No, n(%) | Yes, n(%) | ||
Heard of cervical cancer screening | |||
 No | 444 (22.2) | 241 (10.1) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 1560 (77.8) | 2144 (89.9) |  |
Heard of HPV testing methods a | |||
 No | 751 (48.1) | 876 (40.9) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 809 (51.9) | 1268 (59.1) |  |
Heard of cytology methods a | |||
 No | 976 (62.6) | 1090 (50.8) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 584 (37.4) | 1054 (49.2) |  |
Heard of visual inspection methods a | |||
 No | 1378 (88.3) | 1819 (84.8) | 0.002 |
 Yes | 182 (11.7) | 325 (15.2) |  |
Past screening participation | |||
 No | 1226 (61.2) | 1231 (51.6) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 778 (38.8) | 1154 (48.4) |  |
The time of last screening b | |||
 Within 3 years | 643 (82.6) | 1009 (87.4) | 0.003 |
 Over 3 years | 135 (17.4) | 145 (12.6) |  |
The screening method of last screening b | |||
 HPV testing | 171 (22.0) | 291 (25.2) | 0.001 |
 Cytology | 62 (8.0) | 87 (7.5) |  |
 Co-testing | 204 (26.2) | 369 (32.0) |  |
 Unknown | 341 (43.8) | 407 (35.3) |  |
The result of last screening b | |||
 Normal | 582 (74.8) | 916 (79.4) | 0.062 |
 Abnormal | 139 (17.9) | 168 (14.6) |  |
 Unknown | 57 (7.3) | 70 (6.1) |  |
Future screening willingness | |||
 No | 185 (9.2) | 97 (4.1) |  < 0.001 |
 Yes | 1819 (90.8) | 2288 (95.9) |  |
Expected screening cost (CNY) c | |||
 None | 679 (37.3) | 1052 (46.0) |  < 0.001 |
  ≤ 100 | 257 (14.1) | 312 (13.6) |  |
 101–200 | 339 (18.6) | 350 (15.3) |  |
 201–300 | 242 (13.3) | 263 (11.5) |  |
  ≥ 301 | 302 (16.6) | 311 (13.6) |  |
Expected screening frequency c | |||
 Every year | 1252 (68.8) | 1722 (75.3) |  < 0.001 |
 Every three year | 258 (14.2) | 315 (13.8) |  |
 Every five year | 13 (0.7) | 11 (0.5) |  |
 Depends on the doctor’s suggestions | 246 (13.5) | 220 (9.6) |  |
 Other expectations | 50 (2.7) | 20 (0.9) |  |