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Table 3 Distribution of Agreement within 8 Domains by Number of Anal Biopsies Experienced during High Resolution Anoscopy

From: Satisfaction with high-resolution anoscopy for anal cancer screening among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional survey in Abuja, Nigeria

 

Total

N = 307

n (%)

0

N = 149

n (%)

1

N = 109

n (%)

2

N = 46

n (%)

3

N = 3

n (%)

Pa

Expectations

     

0.41

 Don’t agree

21 (6.9)

7 (4.7)

10 (9.2)

4 (8.9)

0 (0.0)

 

 Agree anxious about having the procedure

285 (93.1)

142 (95.3)

99 (90.8)

41 (91.1)

3 (100.0)

 

Convenient and acceptable

     

0.12

 Don’t agree

15 (4.9)

9 (6.0)

3 (2.8)

2 (4.4)

1 (33.3)

 

 Agree did not have to wait long, easy to get to, convenient time

292 (95.1)

140 (94.0)

106 (97.3)

44 (95.6)

2 (66.7)

 

Staff interpersonal skills

     

1.00

 Don’t agree

11 (3.6)

6 (4.0)

4 (3.7)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 

 Agree could ask questions, not rushed and understood words

296 (96.4)

143 (96.0)

105 (96.3)

45 (97.8)

3 (100.0)

 

Physical surroundings

     

0.91

 Don’t agree

9 (2.9)

4 (2.7)

4 (3.7)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 

 Agree had enough privacy and observing HRA increased comfort

298 (97.1)

145 (97.3)

105 (96.3)

45 (97.8)

3 (100.0)

 

Perceived technical competence

     

0.51

 Don’t agree

11 (3.6)

4 (2.7)

4 (3.7)

3 (6.5)

0 (0.0)

 

 Agree confident procedure performed properly

296 (96.4)

145 (97.3)

105 (96.3)

43 (93.5)

3 (100.0)

 

Pain and Discomfort

     

0.31

 Don’t agree

213 (69.4)

100 (67.1)

74 (67.9)

37 (80.4)

2 (66.7)

 

 Agree not too rough, not a lot of pain, more comfortable than

94 (30.6)

49 (32.9)

35 (32.1)

9 (19.6)

1 (33.3)

 

 expected, no great discomfort, not embarrassed

      

General Satisfaction

     

0.72

 Don’t agree

5 (1.6)

3 (2.0)

1 (0.9)

1 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

 

 Agree satisfied, a benefit to my health, strongly recommend to

302 (98.4)

146 (98.0)

108 (99.1)

45 (97.8)

3 (100.0)

 

 my friends, will have another procedure if needed

      

Intention to screen if symptomatic

     

0.51

 Don’t agree

188 (61.2)

87 (58.4)

68 (62.4)

30 (65.2)

3 (100.0)

 

 Agree will seek screening if have rectal or abdominal pain, bleeding, constipation, straining or unusually shaped stools

119 (38.8)

62 (41.6)

41 (37.6)

16 (34.8)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. Abbreviations: P p-value
  2. aChi-square and Fisher’s exact tests