Table 2 Participants knowledge regarding cervical cancer in Arbaminch town, Southern Ethiopia, 2023 (n = 414)
Variables | Response | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Heard about cancer | Yes | 329 | 79.5% |
No | 85 | 20.5% | |
Know the risk factors for cervical cancer | Yes | 330 | 79.7% |
No | 84 | 20.3% | |
Knowledge on risk factors of cervical cancer | Sexually transmitted disease | 105 | 25.4% |
Smoking | 47 | 11.4% | |
Having multiple sexual partners | 152 | 36.7% | |
Poor dietary habit | 58 | 14% | |
Early marriage | 32 | 7.7% | |
Others | 20 | 4.8% | |
HPV is a causative agent of cervical cancer | Yes | 330 | 79.7% |
No | 84 | 20.3% | |
Know common symptoms of cervical cancer | Yes | 326 | 78.7% |
No | 88 | 21.3% | |
Knowledge on the symptoms of cervical cancer | Intra or post coital bleeding | 128 | 30.9% |
Bleeding after menopause | 104 | 25.1% | |
Persistent blood stained vaginal discharge | 126 | 30.4% | |
Lower abdominal pain | 56 | 13.5% | |
Cervical cancer is preventable | Yes | 329 | 79.5% |
No | 85 | 20.5% | |
Cervical cancer is curable | Yes | 332 | 80.2% |
No | 82 | 19.8% | |
If yes, where did you hear about cervical cancer screening for the first time? | Relatives | 163 | 39.4% |
Friends | 70 | 16.3% | |
Health workers | 171 | 41.3% | |
Mass media | 10 | 2.4% | |
How many times should a healthy woman undergo pap smear test? | Only once | 148 | 35.7% |
Two times only | 133 | 32.1% | |
At list three times and above | 133 | 32.1% | |
Does anyone in your first-degree relatives have a history of cervical cancer? | Yes | 46 | 11.1% |
No | 368 | 88.9% |