Table 5. Acceptability of self-sampling versus clinician-sampling.

Characteristics		Self-sampling	Clinician-sampling	p-value (paired t-test)
Understanding of self-sampling instructions			NA	NA
	Very easy	58 (15.5)
	Easy	281 (74.9)
	Difficult	25 (6.7)
	Very difficult	11 (2.9)
Confidence in self-sampling			NA	NA
	Yes	301 (80.3)
	No	74 (19.7)
Pain				0.880
	No pain at all	125 (33.3)	116 (30.9)
	Not so painful	225 (60.0)	243 (64.8)
	Painful	21 (5.6)	14 (3.7)
	Very painful	3 (0.8)	1 (0.3)
	No answer	1 (0.3)	1 (0.3)
Embarrassment				<0.001
	Not embarrassing at all	136 (36.3)	75 (20.0)
	Not so embarrassing	204 (54.4)	219 (58.4)
	Embarrassing	34 (9.1)	74 (19.7)
	Very embarrassing	1 (0.3)	6 (1.6)
	No answer	0 (0)	1 (0.3)
Concern about accuracy of the result				<0.001
	No concern at all	61 (16.3)	122 (32.5)
	Not so concerned	154 (41.1)	186 (49.6)
	Concerned	136 (36.3)	57 (15.2)
	Very concerned	24 (6.4)	8 (2.1)
	No answer	0 (0)	2 (0.5)

NA, not applicable.