Table 4.
Knowledge and perception factors associated with cervical screening during the last 3 years
| Characteristics | Unscreened n (%) |
Screened n (%) |
Odds ratios | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude (95% CI) |
Adjusted (95% CI) |
|||
| Heard about cervical cancer | ||||
| No | 151 (40.5) | 7 (13.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 222 (59.5) | 45 (86.5) | 4.37 (1.92–9.96) | 0.59 (0.16–2.18) |
| Heard about CC screening | ||||
| No | 179 (48.0) | 6 (11.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 194 (52.0) | 46 (88.5) | 7.07 (2.95–16.96) | 4.11 (1.12–15.04)* |
| PCD can happen without symptom | ||||
| No | 262 (70.2) | 21 (40.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 111 (29.8) | 31 (59.6) | 3.48 (1.92–6.33) | 2.07 (1.06–4.10)* |
| CC is killer, if undetected and untreated early | ||||
| Disagree | 36 (9.7) | 2 (3.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Agree | 226 (60.6 | 44 (84.6) | 3.50 (0.81–15.09) | 3.64 (0.75–17.59) |
| I don’t know | 111 (29.8) | 6 (11.5) | 0.97 (0.19–5.04) | 1.27 (0.205–7.85) |
| Overall Knowledge about cervical cancer | ||||
| Not knowledgeable | 298 (79.9) | 21 (40.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Knowledgeable | 75 (20.1) | 31 (59.6) | 5.87 (3.19–10.79) | 2.48 (1.18–5.19)* |
| Like many women, I am susceptible to CC. | ||||
| No | 161 (43.2) | 10 (19.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 212 (56.8) | 42 (80.8) | 3.19 (1.55–6.55) | 1.36 (0.57–3.26) |
| Even if I see screening is beneficial, I can’t do so. | ||||
| Disagree | 254 (68.1) | 43 (82.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Agree | 104 (27.9) | 2 (3.8) | 0.11 (0.03–0.48) | 0.10 (0.02–0.43)* |
| Indifferent | 15 (4.0) | 7 (13.5) | 2.76 (1.06–7.15) | 3.87 (1.16–12.86)* |
| Chance of getting CC. | ||||
| Unlikely | 278 (74.5) | 17 (74.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Somewhat | 63 (16.9) | 20 (16.9 | 5.19 (2.57–10.48) | 3.41 (1.51–7.69)* |
| Likely | 32 (8.6) | 15 (8.6) | 7.67 (3.49–16.80) | 5.36 (2.12–13.55)** |
CC Cervical Cancer, PCD Pre-malignant cervical cancer dysplasia
**Statistically significant at P value < 0.001, *Significant at P value < 0.05