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

Table 4

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

			%
Aging	Yes	286	49.3
	No	128	22.1
	Do not know	166	28.6
Family history of breast cancer	Yes	272	46.9
	No	162	27.9
	Do not know	146	25.2
Having a close relative with breast cancer	Yes	196	33.8
	No	190	32.8
	Do not know	194	33.4
Smoking	Yes	252	43.4
	No	154	26.6
	Do not know	174	30.0
Marrying late	Yes	110	19.0
	No	252	43.4
	Do not know	218	37.6
Early menarche	Yes	136	23.4
	No	174	30.0
	Do not know	270	46.6
Late menopause	Yes	154	26.6
	No	160	27.6
	Do not know	266	45.9
Having children later on in life or not at all	Yes	142	24.5
	No	198	34.1
	Do not know	240	41.4
High number of births	Yes	110	19.0
	No	228	39.3
	Do not know	242	41.7
Hormone replacement therapy	Yes	210	36.2
	No	104	17.9
	Do not know	266	45.9
Use of oral contraceptives	Yes	168	29.0
	No	108	18.6
	Do not know	304	52.4
Immunosuppression	Yes	256	44.1
	No	84	14.5
	Do not know	240	41.4
Multiple sexual partners	Yes	292	50.3
	No	96	16.6
	Do not know	192	33.1
Recurrent/chronic cervix diseases	Yes	288	49.7
	No	78	13.4
	Do not know	214	36.9
Bacterial infections	Yes	128	22.1
	No	168	29.0
	Do not know	284	49.0
Viral infections	Yes	282	48.6
	No	90	15.5
	Do not know	208	35.9
Obesity	Yes	164	28.3
	No	186	32.1
	Do not know	230	39.7
Lack of physical exercise	Yes	180	31.0
	No	172	29.7
	Do not know	228	39.3
Breastfeeding	Yes	90	15.5
	No	272	46.9
	Do not know	218	37.6
Early marriage	Yes	100	17.2
	No	222	38.3
	Do not know	258	44.5
	Total	580	100