Table 2 Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward cervical cancer and Papanicolaou test in women included in the study (N = 440)
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Had ever heard about cervical cancer | ||
No | 114 | 25.9 |
Yes | 326 | 74.0 |
Had ever heard about the Pap test | ||
No | 288 | 65.6 |
Yes | 151 | 34.4 |
Information source | ||
From a medical staffs or a hospital | 15 | 9.8 |
Radio, TV newspaper | 60 | 39.4 |
Othersa | 77 | 50.6 |
Cervical cancer can be detected early by screening | ||
No | 256 | 58.2 |
Yes | 184 | 41.8 |
The most important risk factor of cervical cancer | ||
Having many sexual partner | 204 | 46.3 |
Having many child birth | 57 | 12.9 |
Smoking | 31 | 7.0 |
Old age | 10 | 2.2 |
Human papilloma virus | 8 | 1.8 |
Alcohol drinking | 7 | 1.5 |
Do not know | 123 | 27.9 |
The optimal frequency of the Pap test | ||
Every 3 year | 89 | 20.2 |
When symptom appears | 70 | 15.9 |
Every 1 or 2 years | 67 | 15.2 |
From age 30 with 3 to 5 years interval | 38 | 8.6 |
Every 6 months | 15 | 3.4 |
Once in a lifetime at any age | 6 | 1.3 |
Don’t know | 155 | 35.2 |
Cervical cancer is a fatal disease | ||
No | 66 | 15.0 |
Serious but curable disease | 143 | 32.5 |
Very fatal disease | 231 | 52.5 |
Health seeking behavior when symptom appears | ||
Go to health center | 236 | 53.6 |
Consult with doctor immediately | 93 | 21.1 |
Visit Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia | 58 | 13.1 |
Got to a traditional healer | 23 | 5.2 |
Othersb | 30 | 6.8 |
Had ever had the Pap test | ||
No | 409 | 92.9 |
Yes | 31 | 7.0 |