Table 7.
Association between knowledge about cervical cancer and the uptake of the Papanicolaou smear test among respondents who were aware of the test (n=156)
| Variable | Uptake of Pap smear test |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n=31), n (%) | No (n=125), n (%) | Statistic (χ2, P) | |
| Knowledge of risk factors | |||
| Low | 10 (16.7) | 50 (83.3) | 2.102, 0.350 |
| Intermediate | 17 (21.8) | 61 (78.2) | |
| High | 4 (22.2) | 14 (77.8) | |
| Knowledge of symptoms | |||
| Low | 13 (18.1) | 59 (81.9) | 7.160, 0.028* |
| Intermediate | 16 (38.1) | 26 (61.9) | |
| High | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | |
| Knowledge of prevention | |||
| Low | 11 (15.7) | 59 (84.3) | 13.599, 0.001* |
| Intermediate | 9 (21.4) | 33 (78.6) | |
| High | 11 (25.0) | 33 (75.0) | |
*P<0.05. Pap – Papanicolaou