Table 2.

Proportion of Women Who Identified Cervical-Cancer Risk Factors and Potential Symptoms at Pre- and Post-Education Assessments

	Intervention		Control
Variables	Pre-	Post-	Pre-	Post-	χ2
Risk factors
HPV infection	14.9%a	89.9%a,c	13.3%b	27.3%b,c	50.46c
Giving birth to many children	6.8%a	84.8%a,c	11.1%	18.2%c	52.72c
Having many sexual partners	23.0%a	84.8%a,c	31.3%b	63.6%b,c	7.21c
Having sex at a young age	16.2%a	84.8%a,c	11.1%b	40.9%b,c	25.51c
Smoking cigarettes	10.8%a	70.9%a,c	13.3%b	65.9%b	0.33
Possible symptoms
Vaginal bleeding	29.5%a	93.4%a	42.6%b	84.8%b	2.41
Unusual vaginal discharge	20.5%a	93.4%a,c	36.2%b	65.2%b,c	15.99c
Pelvic pain	6.4%a	88.2%a,c	17.0%	26.1%c	48.37c
Pain during sexual intercourse	14.1%a	94.7%a,c	17.0%b	32.6%b,c	54.07c

^aindicates significant difference between pre- and posteducation among the intervention group, all p's < 0.001.

^bindicates significant difference between pre- and posteducation among the control group, all p's < 0.05. No difference in pre-education knowledge was observed between the intervention and control group.

^cindicates significant difference between the intervention and control groups at posteducation, all p's < 0.01. Corresponding χ² values are presented in the final column.