Table 2.
Knowledge of Cervical Cancer by Residential Area among Women who were Aware of Cervical Cancer
| Variables | Overall (n=676) |
Urban (n=357) |
Rural (n=319) |
P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Cervical cancer is an inherited disease (False) | |||||||
| True | 171 | 25.3 | 101 | 28.3 | 70 | 21.9 | 0.16 |
| False | 388 | 57.4 | 195 | 54.6 | 193 | 60.5 | |
| Unknown/ No response | 117 | 17.3 | 61 | 17.1 | 56 | 17.6 | |
| Cervical cancer is caused by a virus (True) | |||||||
| True | 213 | 31.5 | 147 | 41.2 | 66 | 20.7 | <0.001 |
| False | 303 | 44.8 | 122 | 34.2 | 181 | 56.7 | |
| Unknown/ No response | 160 | 23.7 | 88 | 24.6 | 72 | 22.6 | |
| Cervical cancer is an infectious disease (False) | |||||||
| True | 134 | 19.8 | 72 | 20.2 | 62 | 19.4 | 0.83 |
| False | 442 | 65.4 | 235 | 65.8 | 207 | 64.9 | |
| Unknown/ No response | 100 | 14.8 | 50 | 14 | 50 | 15.7 | |
| Population at high cervical cancer risk | |||||||
| Women ever given birth | 512 | 75.7 | 258 | 72.3 | 254 | 79.6 | 0.03 |
| Older adults | 21 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.5 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.03 |
| Unfaithful people | 106 | 15.7 | 54 | 15.1 | 52 | 16.3 | 0.68 |
| Women with poor (gynecological) | 153 | 22.6 | 53 | 14.9 | 100 | 31.4 | <0.001 |
| hygiene behavior | |||||||
| Point out at least one correct | 566 | 83.6 | 292 | 81.8 | 273 | 85.6 | 0.19 |
| Unknown/ No response | 111 | 16.4 | 65 | 18.2 | 46 | 14.4 | |
| Signs of cervical cancer | |||||||
| Abnormal vaginal bleeding | 227 | 33.6 | 75 | 21 | 152 | 47.7 | <0.001 |
| Unusual discharge from vagina | 175 | 25.9 | 66 | 18.5 | 109 | 34.2 | <0.001 |
| Urinary incontinence | 64 | 9.5 | 10 | 2.8 | 54 | 16.9 | <0.001 |
| Bleeding after intercourse | 153 | 22.6 | 29 | 8.1 | 124 | 38.9 | <0.001 |
| Pain during sexual intercourse | 118 | 17.5 | 36 | 10.1 | 82 | 25.7 | <0.001 |
| Back pain | 52 | 7.7 | 8 | 2.2 | 44 | 13.8 | <0.001 |
| Point out at least one sign | 331 | 49 | 122 | 34.2 | 209 | 65.5 | <0.001 |
| Unknown/ No response | 345 | 51 | 235 | 65.8 | 110 | 34.5 | |
| Cervical cancer can be prevented (True) | |||||||
| True | 618 | 91.4 | 323 | 90.5 | 295 | 92.5 | 0.15 |
| False | 14 | 2.1 | 11 | 3.1 | 3 | 0.9 | |
| Unknown/ No response | 44 | 6.5 | 23 | 6.4 | 21 | 6.6 | |
| HPV vaccine is one of the most effective ways to prevent cervical cancer * (True) | |||||||
| True | 554 | 89.6 | 295 | 91.3 | 259 | 87.8 | 0.32 |
| False | 51 | 8.3 | 23 | 7.1 | 28 | 9.5 | |
| Unknown/ No response | 13 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.6 | 8 | 2.7 | |
| Summary Score | |||||||
| Average score (mean, SD) | 4.6 | 1.43 | 4.51 | 1.46 | 4.71 | 1.39 | 0.07 |
| Good knowledge (n,%)(>=5/7 right answers) | 402 | 59.5 | 197 | 55.2 | 205 | 64.3 | 0.02 |
| Not good (n,%) (<5/7 right answers) | 274 | 40.5 | 160 | 44.8 | 114 | 35.7 | |
*, Among women who said that cervical cancer can be prevented; SD, standard deviation