Table 6 Worries for cervical cancer screening among women of different age groups
Worries | Number (N = 548) | Age group | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 20 | 20–49 | ≥50 | |||
Fear to give a Pap-smear | 132 | 10 (12.20) | 114 (8.99) | 8 (6.15) | 0.314 |
Clinic is far away | 112 | 7 (8.54) | 94 (7.41) | 11 (8.46) | 0.860 |
Long appointment queues | 85 | 6 (7.32) | 69 (5.44) | 10 (7.69) | 0.472 |
It is not necessary | 49 | 5 (6.10) | 35 (2.76) | 9 (6.92) | 0.014 |
Fear the result | 30 | 0 (0.0) | 28 (2.21) | 2 (1.54) | 0.357 |
A recent health control at a gynecologist | 11 | 0 (0.0) | 9 (0.71) | 2 (1.54) | 0.417 |
Other reasons | 123 | 8 (9.76) | 107 (8.44) | 8 (6.15) | 0.593 |