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. 2017 Oct 25;5:e3871. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3871
Survey items included in belief score:
1. Pap tests are painful.
2. Pap tests are safe.
3. Pap tests can cause short-term discomfort.
4. Pap tests can cause lasting health problems.
5. Pap tests can increase likelihood of cervical cancer.
6. Pap tests contradict with your religious beliefs.
7. Pap tests are too time-consuming.
8. It takes a long time to receive the results of a Pap test.
9. Your partner would have a problem with you receiving a Pap test.
10. Pap tests are too physically invasive.
11. Pap tests are too emotionally intimate.
12. You do not feel comfortable receiving a Pap test from a male clinician.
13. Pap tests are related to sexual promiscuity.
14. It would be difficult to receive a Pap test.
15. All adolescent girls should receive Pap tests.
16. If a teenage girl receives a Pap test, she may be more likely to have sexual relations.
17. How long (in years) after first having sex should women receive a Pap test?
18. How often should women receive a Pap test?
19. How likely do you think an average woman is to get cervical cancer?
20. Do you think cervical cancer could affect you in the future?
21. If you were to have cervical cancer, how much would it affect your life?
22. How effective do you think Pap smears are in preventing and detecting cervical cancer?