TABLE 3.
Attitude towards cervical cancer screening
| Attitude questions |
Total n = 248 (%) |
Chawama n = 64 (%) |
Chilenje n = 35 (%) |
Chipata n = 25 (%) |
Kanyama n = 71 (%) |
Matero n = 53 (%) |
p‐Value a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I have been screened before | 168 (67.7) | 21 (60.0) | 47 (73.44) | 30 (56.6) | 18 (72.0) | 52 (73.2) | .191 |
| Willing to be screened again | 161 (64.9) | 19 (54.3) | 45 (70.3) | 26 (49.1) | 18 (72.0) | 53 (74.7) | .018 |
| It important to detect cervical cancer at an early stage | 233 (93.9) | 35 (100) | 61 (95.3) | 48 (90.6) | 24 (96.0) | 65 (91.6) | .350 |
| Willing to undergo for cervical cancer screening | 227 (91.5) | 35 (100) | 57 (89.1) | 49 (92.5) | 22 (88.0) | 64 (90.1) | .357 |
| Willing to practice screening in any catchment health centre | 232 (93.6) | 35 (100) | 61 (95.3) | 49 (92.5) | 21 (84.0) | 66 (92.9) | .155 |
| Willing to practice screening with payment | 50 (20.2) | 3 (8.6) | 11 (17.2) | 5 (9.4) | 4 (16.0) | 27 (38.0) | <.001 |
| Willing to travel long distances to areas where there are cervical cancer screening services | 90 (36.3) | 16 (45.7) | 13 (20.3) | 24 (45.3) | 7 (28.0) | 30 (42.3) | .017 |
| Overall score, mean (SD) | 6.41 (1.29) | 6.71 (1.18) | 6.66 (1.30) | 6.04 (1.34) | 6.16 (1.34) | 6.42 (1.24) | .047 b |
a
p‐values from Pearson chi‐square test or Fisher's exact test as appropriate.
b
One‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA).