Table 4. Uptake of the Papanicolaou Test in the current prison among 510 women in Mato Grosso do Sul between 2015 and 2016.
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Undertook Papanicolaou Test | |
| Yes | 255 (50.0) |
| No | 255 (50.0) |
| Year of Collection | |
| 2015 | 178 (69.8) |
| 2016 | 49 (19.2) |
| Other years | 17 (6.7) |
| Does not remember | 8 (3.1) |
| Did not answer | 3 (1.2) |
| Why the Woman Did Not Undertake the Test | |
| Lack of opportunity | 149 (58.4) |
| Chosen otto | 36 (14.2) |
| Impossible to take a specimen | 28 (11.0) |
| Does not know | 16 (6.3) |
| Place Where Test Undertaken | |
| Prison unit | 215 (84.3) |
| Others | 40 (15.7) |
| Abnormalities | |
| Yes | 20 (7.8) |
| No | 101 (39.7) |
| Does not know | 134 (52.6) |
| Information on the Abnormality | |
| Yes | 19 (95.0) |
| Does not know | 1(5.0) |
| Undertook Treatment | |
| Yes | 90.0 (18) |
| No | 5.0 (1) |
| Does not know | 5.0 (1) |
| Type of Treatment | |
| Medication | 16 (88.9) |
| Cauterization | 1 (5.6) |
| Did not answer | 1 (5.6) |
| Place of Treatment | |
| Prison unit | 94.44 (17) |
| Health unit | 5.56 (1) |
| Treatment Situation | |
| Treatment completed | 12 (66.7) |
| Treatment not completed | 4 (22.2) |
| Treatment on going | 1 (5.6) |
| Does not know how to answer | 1 (5.6) |
| Reason for Treatment Not Completed | |
| Did not repeat the test | 2 (50.0) |
| By choice | 1 (25.0) |
| Lack of medication prescribed | 1 (25.0) |