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

Table 6

Responses of the participants regarding the knowledge and awareness of the etiology of cervical cancer stratified based upon gender and college of enrollment ().

		Gender			College
		Male	Female	value	COM	COSHP	CAMS	CON	value
Ever heard of cervical cancer	Yes	81.3%	66.8%	0.001	88.9%	67.5%	74.0%	58.0%	<0.001
	No	18.8%	26.5%		11.1%	26.0%	24.0%	33.0%
	Do not know	0.0%	6.6%		0.0%	6.5%	2.0%	9.0%
Most frequently occurring cancer in women is cervical cancer	True	18.8%	30.5%	<0.001	7.9%	26.0%	28.0%	42.0%	<0.001
	False	57.8%	38.1%		68.3%	40.3%	40.0%	29.0%
	Do not know	23.4%	31.4%		23.8%	33.8%	32.0%	29.0%
Cervical cancer only affects old women	True	7.8%	12.4%	0.183	4.8%	11.7%	6.0%	18.0%	0.002
	False	59.4%	51.3%		63.5%	53.2%	56.0%	45.0%
	Do not know	32.8%	36.3%		31.7%	35.1%	38.0%	37.0%
Cervical cancer is more common in young women	True	18.8%	14.2%	0.209	20.6%	11.7%	8.0%	18.0%	0.004
	False	25.0%	21.2%		12.7%	28.6%	20.0%	24.0%
	Do not know	56.3%	64.6%		66.7%	59.7%	72.0%	58.0%
Cervical cancer is one of the rare cancer affecting women	True	15.6%	24.8%	0.063	4.8%	28.6%	20.0%	31.0%	<0.001
	False	42.2%	41.2%		55.6%	32.5%	42.0%	39.0%
	Do not know	42.2%	34.1%		39.7%	39.0%	38.0%	30.0%
Cervical cancer is preventable disease	True	48.4%	46.5%	0.252	66.7%	42.9%	50.0%	36.0%	<0.001
	False	9.4%	15.0%		6.3%	16.9%	10.0%	18.0%
	Do not know	42.2%	38.5%		27.0%	40.3%	40.0%	46.0%
Cervical cancer is transmissible disease	True	18.8%	18.6%	0.886	25.4%	16.9%	16.0%	17.0%	0.002
	False	40.6%	38.5%		36.5%	28.6%	50.0%	43.0%
	Do not know	40.6%	42.9%		38.1%	54.5%	34.0%	40.0%
Cervical cancer is caused by viral infections	True	56.3%	37.2%	<0.001	61.9%	33.8%	48.0%	31.0%	<0.001
	False	6.3%	11.5%		6.3%	9.1%	6.0%	16.0%
	Do not know	37.5%	51.3%		31.7%	57.1%	46.0%	53.0%
Cervical cancer is caused by bacterial infections	True	15.6%	16.4%	0.935	3.2%	23.4%	14.0%	20.0%	<0.001
	False	28.1%	29.2%		42.9%	22.1%	32.0%	24.0%
	Do not know	56.3%	54.4%		54.0%	54.5%	54.0%	56.0%
Cervical Cancer is caused by HPV infection?	Yes	43.8%	26.5%	<0.001	61.9%	15.6%	22.0%	26.0%	<0.001
	No	34.4%	30.5%		22.2%	44.2%	30.0%	28.0%
	Do not know	21.9%	42.9%		15.9%	40.3%	48.0%	46.0%
Ever heard of HPV vaccination?	Yes	39.1%	32.7%	0.331	54.0%	19.5%	30.0%	35.0%	<0.001
	No	43.8%	45.6%		36.5%	58.4%	40.0%	43.0%
	Do not know	17.2%	21.7%		9.5%	22.1%	30.0%	22.0%

Chi-square test. Fisher-exact test.