Table 3.
Participants’ attitudes toward cancer screening
| Attitudinal statements | Completely disagree/disagree
|
No idea
|
Completely agree/agree
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| 1. The Pap test is expensive | 17 | 56.7 | 13 | 43.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2. The Pap test is painful | 17 | 56.7 | 3 | 10.0 | 10 | 33.3 |
| 3. The Pap test is time consuming | 20 | 66.7 | 4 | 13.3 | 6 | 20.0 |
| 4. The Pap test disturbs women’s privacy | 14 | 46.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 14 | 46.7 |
| 5. The Pap test is effective | 2 | 6.7 | 6 | 20.0 | 22 | 73.3 |
| 6. The Pap test is not effective | 21 | 70.0 | 6 | 20.0 | 3 | 10.0 |
| 7. Prefer doing Pap only when experiencing cancer | 21 | 70.0 | 4 | 13.3 | 5 | 16.7 |
| 8. The Pap test is not necessary in women with no symptoms | 24 | 80.0 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 9. The equipment used to do Pap test is not of good quality | 14 | 46.7 | 14 | 46.7 | 2 | 6.7 |
Abbreviation: Pap, Papanicolaou.