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Table 2 Main reason and other reasons for not having had a Pap test

From: Women’s experience with home-based self-sampling for human papillomavirus testing

Reasons

Returned a self-sample and a questionnaire (n = 746)d

Returned a questionnaire but not a self-sample (n = 126)e

Main reason (n = 553)b

Other reasons

Main reasonb(n = 92)

Others reasons(n = 126)c

Overall

Never-screened

Screened <5 years

Under-screened

(n = 553)a

(n = 144)

(n = 122)

(n = 281)

(n = 746)c

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ᅟ

n

%

n

%

 n

 %

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

1. I don’t think I need a Pap test

43

7.8

20

13.9

4

3.3

19

6.8

85

11.4

4

4.4

15

11.9

2. I don’t know if or when I should have a Pap test

19

3.4

10

6.9

7

5.7

2

0.7

57

7.6

2

2.2

4

3.2

3. I am not having sex

33

6.0

17

11.8

5

4.1

11

3.9

94

12.6

4

4.4

12

9.5

4. I have never had sex

39

7.1

35

24.3

1

0.8

3

1.1

25

3.4

11

11.9

2

1.6

5. I have had a hysterectomy

39

7.1

3

2.1

3

2.5

32

11.4

28

3.8

40

43.5

2

1.6

6. A Pap test from a doctor is embarrassing

97

17.5

28

19.4

23

18.9

45

16.0

167

22.4

5

5.4

16

12.7

7. A Pap test from a doctor is painful or uncomfortable

58

10.5

10

6.9

13

10.7

34

12.1

111

14.9

5

5.4

7

5.6

8. I have had a bad experience in the past having a Pap test

32

5.8

0

0

4

3.3

26

9.3

71

9.5

1

1.1

4

3.2

9. I don’t feel comfortable asking for a Pap test from my doctor

25

4.5

8

5.6

4

3.3

12

4.3

125

16.7

2

2.2

4

3.2

10. My doctor has not suggested a Pap test

21

3.8

4

2.8

2

1.6

15

5.3

97

13.0

1

1.1

13

10.3

11. It is hard to find the time to have a Pap test

75

13.6

3

2.1

30

24.6

42

14.9

93

12.5

9

9.8

8

6.4

12. It is hard to find the right doctor or get an appointment

33

6.0

2

1.4

11

9.0

20

7.1

102

13.7

3

3.3

4

3.2

13. It is hard to travel to an appointment

6

1.1

0

0

1

0.8

5

1.8

32

4.3

1

1.1

1

0.8

14. It is too expensive to have a Pap test

5

1.0

0

0

1

0.8

4

1.4

25

3.4

0

0

0

0

15. I have not received a reminder letter to have a Pap test

27

4.9

4

2.8

13

10.7

10

3.6

73

9.8

3

3.3

5

4.0

16. I don’t think Pap test results are accurate enough

1

0.2

0

0

0

0

1

0.4

15

2.0

1

1.1

1

0.8

  1. aThe overall includes never-screened (n = 144), under-screened (n = 281), screened in the last 5 years (n = 122) and unsure/don’t know (n = 6)
  2. bSingle response question where women were asked to give one main reason
  3. cMultiple response question where women were asked to give up to three other reasons
  4. dOf the 746 women who returned a self-sample and a questionnaire, 131 (17.5 %) did not provide a main reason and 62 (8.3 %) provided more than one main reason that was included with the other reasons as we were unable to determine the main reason
  5. eOf the 126 women who did not return a self-sample but returned a questionnaire, 31 (24.6 %) did not provide a main reason and 3 (2.4 %) provided more than one main reason that was included with the other reasons as we were unable to determine the main reason
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