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. 2020 Jun 17;20:563. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07060-4

Table 2.

Women’s knowledge on cervical cancer, screening, and risk factors in Butajira, Ethiopia

Variable Yes
n (%)
No
n (%)
I don’t know
n (%)
Heard of CC (n = 341) 125 (36.7) 2 (0.6) 214 (62.7)
Mentioned symptoms (n = 341) 14 (4.1) 7 (2.1) 320 (93.8)
Bleeding 14 (4.1)
Discharge 2 (0.6)
Risk reducing possible (n = 341) 19 (5.5) 7 (2.1) 315 (92.4)
Methods for risk reducing (n = 341)
Lifestyle 3 (0.9)
Screening 13 (3.8)
Screening available in community (n = 340) 113 (33.1) 4 (1.2) 223 (65.4)
Screening methods (n = 340)
 VIA 0 (0) (0) 340 (100)
HPV test 4 (1.2) 2 (0.6) 334 (97.9)
Cytology 3 (0.9) 1 (0.3) 336 (98.5)
Age at risk for CC (n = 341)
Young (< 30 yrs.) 30 (8.8)
Middle (30–49 yrs.) 38 (11.1)
Old (50–70 yrs.) 9 (2.6)
Senile (> 70 yrs.) 5 (1.5)
I don’t know 271 (79.5)
HPV as risk factor (n = 338) 0 (0) 1 (0.3) 337 (98.8)
HIV as risk factor (n = 341) 74 (21.7) 12 (3.5) 255 (74.8)
Multiple sexual partners as risk factor (n = 341) 86 (25.2) 6 (1.8) 249 (73.0)
Early sexual initiation as risk factor (n = 341) 82 (24.0) 11 (3.2) 248 (72.8)
History of STD as risk factor (n = 341) 84 (24.6) 4 (1.2) 253 (74.2)
Multi-parity as risk factor (n = 341) 68 (19.9) 31 (9.1) 242 (71.0)
Use of contraceptive as risk factor (n = 340) 40 (11.7) 23 (6.7) 277 (81.2)
Smoking as risk factor (n = 341) 110 (32.3) 5 (1.5) 226 (66.3)