Table 3.

Barriers towards breast cancer screening.

Barriers	Yes	No	Don't know
1.Acceptable to touch my body	217 (43.4%)	283 (56.6%)
2.Embarrassing to tell people about	323 (64.6%)	177 (35.4%)
3.No idea about what other people think	311 (62.2%)	189 (37.8%)
4.Stigma following the diagnosis of cancer	265 (53.0%)	235 (47.0%)
5.Feeling shy to uncover my breasts	268 (53.6%)	232 (46.4%)
6.Fear of hospitals and health facilities	209 (41.8%)	291 (58.2%)
7.Feeling worried about what a doctor might find	283 (56.6%)	191 (38.2%)	26 (5.2%)
8.Difficulty talking to doctor	261 (52.2%)	218 (43.6%)	21 (4.2%)
9.Lack of knowledge	293 (58.6%)	155 (31.0%)	52 (10.4%)
10.Fear of physicians and examiners	171 (34.2%)	329 (65.8%)
11.Afraid of having mammography	304 (60.8%)	149 (29.8%)	47 (9.4%)
12.Busy, no time to do it	193 (38.6%)	307 (61.4%)
13.Awareness program are deficient	267 (53.4%)	163 (32.6%)	70 (14.0%)