Table 3.

PMT Constructs About Cervical Cancer Screening Behaviors Before and After Educational Program

Variables*	Experimental Group (n=72)				Control Group (n=71)				Pvalue***
	Before	After	Difference	Pvalue**	Before	After	Difference	Pvalue**
Perceived Vulnerability	12.1 (±1.1)	13.6(±1.7)	1.58(±1.9)	<0.001	12.3 (±2.3)	12.4(±1.8)	0.12(±1.4)	0.471	<0.001
Perceived Severity	20.1 (±2.1)	25.2(±4.2)	5.11(±4.9)	<0.001	20.6 (±3.4)	21.3(±5.2)	0.67(±5.9)	0.338	<0.001
Perceived Reward	11.2 (±2.1)	8.2(±3.1)	-3.04(±3.6)	<0.001	10.5 (±3.3)	11.2(±3.1)	0.67(±2.2)	0.015	<0.001
Self-Efficacy	11.3 (±1.6)	13.6(±2.7)	2.31(±3.2)	<0.001	9.9 (±3.8)	9.6(±3.6)	-0.23(±2.1)	0.339	<0.001
Response Efficacy	9.1 (±1.2)	10.8(±1.4)	1.72(±1.9)	<0.001	10.2 (±1.9)	9.6(±1.8)	-0.64(±1.5)	<0.001	<0.001
Response Cost	12.0 (±1.9)	8.4(±2.9)	-3.56(±3.2)	<0.001	11.0 (±3.7)	11.5(±4.1)	0.53(±3.3)	0.178	<0.001
Fear	9.1 (±1.2)	9.8(±2.3)	0.79(±2.5)	0.01	8.4 (±1.9)	8.5(±1.8)	0.07(±1.7)	0.773	0.05
Protection Motivation	3.1 (±1.1)	3.7(±0.5)	0.61(±0.8)	<0.001	2.7 (±0.9)	2.8(±0.9)	0.01(±0.5)	0.843	<0.001

^*Descriptive data, before and after intervention, are expressed as Means ± SD; absolute difference (end-of-study minus baseline values);

^**p values obtained by comparing means in the variable values within each group, using t test for paired data;

^***p values obtained by comparing differences in the variable values between the two groups, using Student t test