Table 2.

Knowledge of HIV‐positive women about prevention and treatment mechanisms of cervical cancer in Addis Ababa health centers, February 2016

Variable	Frequency	Percentage	95% CI
Good knowledge	136	23.4	0.19–0.26
Poor knowledge	445	76.6	0.73–0.8
Having multiple sexual partner is a risk of	164	48.8	0.46–0.51
Exposure to sexual debut is a risk of cervical cancer	88	26.2	0.21–0.3
Infection by virus (HPV) is a risk of cervical cancer	40	11.9	0.08–0.15
Low immunity due to HIV/AIDS is a risk of cervical cancer	21	6.3	0.04–0.08
Vaginal discharge is a symptom of cervical cancer	147	43.8	0.38–0.49
Vaginal bleeding is a symptom of cervical cancer	95	28.3	0.23–0.33
Pain during coitus is a symptom of cervical cancer	49	15	0.11–0.18
Cervical cancer is preventable	294	50.6	0.46–0.54
Vaccination prevents cervical cancer	27	9.2	0.06–0.12
Screening prevents cervical cancer	95	32.3	0.26–0.37
Cervical cancer screening age for HIV +ve women is as soon as she became positive	111	19.1	0.16–022
Cervical cancer screening age for HIV‐positive women is at any age	68	11.7	0.092–0.14
Cervical cancer screening frequency for HIV +ve women is every 3 years	37	6.4	0.04–0.08
Cervical cancer screening frequency for HIV +ve women is every 5 years	17	2.9	0.02–0.035
Don't know the screening frequency	212	36.5	0.32–0.4
Cervical cancer is treatable disease	375	64.5	0.6–0.68
Surgery is a treatment modality for cervical cancer	60	10.3	0.08–0.12
Radiation is a treatment modality for cervical cancer	110	18.9	0.16–0.22
Chemotherapy is a treatment modality for cervical cancer	53	9.1	0.067–0.11
Don't know the treatment for cervical cancer screening	390	67.1	0.63–0.7

Good knowledge, knowledge score of more than the mean value; Poor knowledge, knowledge score of less than the mean value.

The mean value of the knowledge is calculated by considering the responses of all study participants for the 17 knowledge‐based questions 17.