Cervical Cancer and Its Screening: Assessing the Knowledge, Awareness, and Perception among Health and Allied Students

Table 2

Responses of the participants regarding the knowledge and awareness of the etiology of cervical cancer ().

			%
Ever heard of cervical cancer	Yes	406	70.0
	No	144	24.8
	Do not know	30	5.2
Most frequently occurring cancer in women is cervical cancer	True	162	27.9
	False	246	42.4
	Do not know	172	29.7
Cervical cancer only affects old women	True	66	11.4
	False	308	53.1
	Do not know	206	35.5
Cervical cancer is more common in young women	True	88	15.2
	False	128	22.1
	Do not know	364	62.8
Cervical cancer is one of the rare cancer affecting women	True	132	22.8
	False	240	41.4
	Do not know	208	35.9
Cervical cancer is preventable disease	True	272	46.9
	False	80	13.8
	Do not know	228	39.3
Cervical cancer is transmissible disease	True	108	18.6
	False	226	39.0
	Do not know	246	42.4
Cervical cancer is caused by viral infections	True	240	41.4
	False	60	10.3
	Do not know	280	48.3
Cervical cancer is caused by bacterial infections	True	94	16.2
	False	168	29.0
	Do not know	318	54.8
Cervical cancer is caused by HPV infection?	Yes	176	30.3
	No	182	31.4
	Do not know	222	38.3
Ever heard of HPV vaccination?	Yes	198	34.1
	No	262	45.2
	Do not know	120	20.7