Table 2.
Cervical cancer knowledge before and after the tablet-based educational intervention (n=243)
| Correct on pretest (pretest- posttest group) |
Correct on posttest (pretest- posttest group) |
McNemar's P-value* |
Correct on posttest (posttest- only group) |
P- value** |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=243 | (%) | N=117 | (%) | N=126 | (%) | |||
| Where is the cervix located? (Participant shown diagram of female reproductive tract) | 65 | (56) | 108 | (92) | <0.001 | 112 | (89) | 0.364 |
| What are the symptoms of cervical cancer? | 43 | (37) | 85 | (73) | <0.001 | 95 | (75) | 0.626 |
| Can cervical cancer be prevented? | 38 | (32) | 103 | (88) | <0.001 | 114 | (90) | 0.539 |
| What is/are the cause/s of cervical cancer? | 48 | (41) | 105 | (90) | <0.001 | 122 | (97) | 0.027 |
| Is cervical cancer caused by HIV, the AIDS virus? | 95 | (81) | 106 | (91) | 0.034 | 117 | (93) | 0.523 |
| Is there a test to find signs of cervical cancer before a woman notices any symptoms of disease? | 77 | (66) | 108 | (92) | <0.001 | 118 | (94) | 0.682 |
| Where is the closest place to get this test? | 20 | (17) | 85 | (73) | <0.001 | 110 | (87) | 0.004 |
| If a woman is found to have cervical cancer, does treatment exist? | 74 | (63) | 114 | (97) | <0.001 | 123 | (98) | 0.927 |
| Can cervical cancer be cured? | 43 | (37) | 96 | (82) | <0.001 | 107 | (85) | 0.548 |
| Risk factor identification: State whether the following increase, decrease, or do getting cervical cancer. | ||||||||
| Being coughed or sneezed on by a person who has cervical cancer | 68 | (58) | 96 | (82) | <0.001 | 104 | (83) | 0.921 |
| Smoking cigarettes or pipes | 84 | (71) | 107 | (91) | <0.001 | 110 | (87) | 0.297 |
| Eating contaminated meat | 41 | (35) | 85 | (73) | <0.001 | 95 | (75) | 0.626 |
| Working with farm animals | 74 | (63) | 92 | (79) | 0.002 | 114 | (90) | 0.010 |
| Having sex with multiple sex partners | 115 | (97) | 116 | (99) | 0.317 | 125 | (99) | 0.958 |
| Drinking water from the same cup as a person who has cervical cancer | 75 | (64) | 94 | (80) | <0.001 | 114 | (90) | 0.025 |
| Sex without a condom | 109 | (92) | 116 | (99) | 0.020 | 114 | (90) | 0.003 |
| Having sex with a circumcised man | 35 | (30) | 90 | (77) | <0.001 | 91 | (72) | 0.402 |
| Taking certain medications | 52 | (44) | 81 | (69) | <0.001 | 95 | (75) | 0.284 |
| Using contraception to prevent pregnancy | 61 | (52) | 86 | (74) | <0.001 | 108 | (86) | 0.018 |
| If a woman's mother has cervical cancer | 77 | (65) | 92 | (79) | 0.004 | 115 | (91) | 0.006 |
Data gathered July–December 2014 from women 18 years and older in rural Malawian villages.
*
Comparing paired pretest and posttest answers in the pretest-posttest group
**
Comparing posttest answers of the pretest-posttest group and the posttest-only group