Table 3.

Analysis of women’s perceptions of the self-collection brush stratified by age, including absolute and relative frequencies and descriptive level (p-value)

	≤ 29 years		30–49 years		≥ 50 years		Total	p
	N	%	N	%	N	%
1. Understanding how to use the self-collection brush
Very easy	16	28.1	36	63.2	5	8.8	57	0.591
Easy	17	29.3	31	53.4	10	17.2	58
A bit difficult	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	1
2. Using the self-collection brush
Very easy	9	22.5	27	67.5	4	10.0	40	0.378
Easy	22	30.6	40	55.6	10	13.9	72
A bit difficult	2	50.0	1	25.0	1	25.0	4
3. Discomfort or pain when using the self-collection brush
Painful, uncomfortable	0	0.0	6	100.0	0	0.0	6	0.080
Not very painful, uncomfortable	11	44.0	13	52.0	1	4.0	25
Not painful, uncomfortable l	22	25.9	49	57.6	14	16.5	85
4. Embarrassed or ashamed when using the self-collection brush
Embarrassed/ashamed	1	50.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	2	0.427
Not very embarrassed/ashamed	9	37.5	14	58.3	1	4.2	24
Not embarrassed/ashamed	23	25.6	53	58.9	14	15.6	90
5. Fear of hurting oneself when using the self-collection brush
Very afraid	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.025
Afraid	5	71.4	2	28.6	0	0.0	7
Not very afraid	7	33.3	9	42.9	5	23.8	21
Not afraid	20	23.0	57	65.5	10	11.5	87
6. Self-collection vs. collection by a health professional
Self-collection	27	30.3	49	55.1	13	14.6	89	0.769
Health professional	4	26.7	10	66.7	1	6.7	15
Indifferent	2	16.7	9	75.0	1	8.3	12
Total	33	28.4	68	58.6	15	12.9	116