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. 2015 Sep;15(3):755–761. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v15i3.8

Table 3.

Acceptability of HPV self-sampling (N=300)

N (%) N (%) P-Value*
Urban Rural
Concerned by
screening
Not at all 0 (0,0) 0 (0,0)
Slightly 0 (0,0) 0 (0,0)
Moderately 0 (0,0) 3 (2,00) P=0.25
Strongly 150 (100,0) 147 (98,0)
Embarrassment
Low 17 (11,3) 24 (16,0) P=0.46
Moderate 5 (3,3) 4 (2,7)
High 0 (0,0) 0 (0,0)
Pain
Low 28 (18,7) 21 (14,0) P=0.48
Moderate 10 (6,7) 9 (6,0)
High 2 (1,3) 2 (1,3)
Discomfort
None 94 (62,7) 122 (81,3)
Low 43 (28,7) 16 (10,7) p=0.12
Moderate 10 (6,7) 9 (6,0)
High 3 (2,0) 3 (2,0)

Best place to
perform testing
Medical center 132 (88,0) 107 (71,3) p<0.05**
Home 4 (2,7) 34 (22,7)
Don't know 1 (0,7) 0 (0,0)
Don't care 13 (8,7) 9 (6,0)
(home/medical center)
Recommend method
(why)
Yes (easy to perform) 147 (98,0) 148 (98,67)
No (too difficult) 2 (1,33) 2 (1,33) p=0.46**
Don't know 1 (0,66) 0 (0,0)
Interested in further
information
Not at all 2 (1,3) 8 (5,3)
Slightly 0 (0,0) 3 (2,0) p<0.05**
Moderate 1 (0,7) 18 (12,0)
Very much 147 (98.0) 121 (80.7)
Note: *

Analyzed with Extended Mantel-Haenszel chi square test;

**

analyzed with Mann-Whitney U-Test