Table 3.
Acceptability scores for individual parameters for self-HPV and physician-HPV
| Self HPV (n=540) |
Physician sampling (n=86) |
P-valuec | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embarrassmenta | 1.061 | 1.709 | P<0.001 |
| Paina | 1.143 | 1.860 | P<0.001 |
| Anxietya | 1.106 | 1.814 | P<0.001 |
| Discomforta | 1.196 | 1.744 | P<0.001 |
| Relaxation (reverse score)b | 1.352 | 1.919 | P<0.001 |
| Confidence (reverse score)b | 1.128 | 1.105 | P=0.91 |
| Total acceptability score | 6.986 | 10.151 |
Notes:
a
1: none; 2: low; 3: moderate; 4: high;
b
1: high; 2: moderate; 3: low; 4: none;
c
Mann–Whitney test was used to analyze the results. The test was considered as statistically significant when the P-value was <0.05.
Abbreviation: HPV, human papillomavirus.