Table 1.
Knowledge on cervical cancer and prevention according to education level among women living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
| Characteristics | Total | No formal or primary level | Secondary level | University level | P value | ||||
| 1991 (100%) | 1057 (53.1%) | 679 (34.1%) | 255 (12.8%) | ||||||
| Ever heard about CC | |||||||||
| Yes | 1913 | (96.1) | 991 | (93.8) | 667 | (98.2) | 255 | (100.0) | 0.000 |
| Heard about CC in HIV clinic (N=1913) | |||||||||
| Yes | 1451 | (75.8) | 745 | (75.2) | 512 | (75.8) | 194 | (76.1) | 0.758 |
| Heard about CC in the media (N=1913) | |||||||||
| Yes | 1236 | (64.6) | 570 | (57.5) | 459 | (68.2) | 207 | (81.2) | <0.001 |
| Clarity of information received (N=1913) | |||||||||
| Not clear / I did not understand | 743 | (39.0) | 445 | (44.9) | 246 | (36.9) | 55 | (21.6) | <0.001 |
| Very Clear / I understood it | 1167 | (61.0) | 546 | (55.1) | 421 | (63.1) | 200 | (78.4) | |
| CC is a preventable disease (N=1913) | |||||||||
| Yes | 1443 | (75.4) | 707 | (71.3) | 526 | (78.9) | 210 | (82.4) | 0.001 |
| Means of prevention for CC (N=1443) | |||||||||
| Screening | 1299 | (90.0) | 619 | (87.6) | 481 | (91.4) | 199 | (94.8) | 0.007 |
| Vaccine | 423 | (29.3) | 199 | (28.1) | 131 | (24.9) | 91 | (43.3) | <0.001 |
| Risk factors for CC (N=1913) | |||||||||
| HIV infection | 814 | (42.5) | 401 | (40.5) | 277 | (41.5) | 136 | (53.3) | <0.001 |
| Multiple sexual partners | 1238 | (64.7) | 612 | (61.8) | 448 | (67.2) | 178 | (69.8) | 0.002 |
| Early sexual initiation | 1113 | (58.2) | 519 | (52.4) | 424 | (63.8) | 170 | (66.7) | <0.001 |
CC, cervical cancer.