Table 2.
Percentage of Correct Responses by Topic and Question Format (n = 570)
| MC and AD Correct (%) | MC Correct (%) | AD Correct (%) | McNemar’s test p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pap smears | ||||
| Who | 74.6 | 75.4 | 97.5 | ≤0.000 |
| Why | 75.3 | 76.5 | 94.2 | ≤0.000 |
| How often | 74.0 | 76.0 | 93.9 | ≤0.000 |
| All correct | 54.4 | 55.8 | 90.0 | ≤0.000 |
| Breast self-examinations | ||||
| Who | 92.6 | 93.9 | 98.1 | ≤0.000 |
| Why | 91.4 | 96.8 | 94.0 | ≤0.026 |
| How often | 84.4 | 85.4 | 94.9 | ≤0.000 |
| All correct | 76.7 | 81.4 | 89.8 | ≤0.000 |
| Mammograms | ||||
| Who | 51.4 | 51.6 | 94.9 | ≤0.000 |
| Why | 89.0 | 90.0 | 94.9 | ≤0.000 |
| How often | 63.3 | 65.1 | 90.0 | ≤0.000 |
| All correct | 37.9 | 38.3 | 87.9 | ≤0.000 |
| Birth control pills | ||||
| Who | 81.8 | 89.5 | 86.0 | ≤0.021 |
| Why | 93.0 | 97.5 | 94.7 | ≤0.011 |
| How often | 91.6 | 93.7 | 95.8 | ≤0.065 |
| All correct | 74.7 | 85.3 | 80.2 | ≤0.003 |
| Emergency contraception | ||||
| Why | 15.6 | 27.4 | 19.7 | ≤0.000 |
MC = multiple-choice format; AD = agree-disagree format.