Table 3.

Barriers of cervical cancer screening among study participants (n = 370)

Type of barrier	n (%) *
Emotional barriers	48 (13%)
Being worried about the test result	17 (35.4%)
Embarrassing	19 (39.6%)
Painful	12 (25%)
Practical barriers	45(12.2%)
No time to do the test	23 (51.2%)
Too expensive	13 (28.8%)
No approval from husband	9 (20%)
Cognitive barriers	277(74.9%)
I have never been sexually active	100 (36.1%)
I am no longer sexually active	12 (4.3%)
I do not have any symptoms	165 (59.6%)

*Those who answer “Yes” have a barrier