Table 3.

Reasons why women were worried or frightened about visiting OBSGYN

Reason why respondent was worried or frightened about visiting an OBSGYN	Percentage of respondents
Afraid of sterile diagnosis	47 (61%)
Afraid of vaginal examination	11 (14%)
Afraid of feeling shy or ashamed	10 (13%)
Worried about of cost of treatment	4 (5%)
Had, or had heard about, a bad experience with an OBSGYN	3 (4%)
Other reasons	2 (3%)

Note: (n = 77).