Determinants of Patient Delay in Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment among Moroccan Women with Cervical Cancer

Table 2

Description of knowledge and practice in cervical cancer ().

Characteristics	n	%
knowledge of cervical cancer
Yes	205	51.1
Knowledge of symptoms
Abnormal vaginal bleeding (between periods, after sex, postmenopausal)
Yes	158	39.6
Vaginal discharge
Yes	71	82.3
Pain (painful sex, pelvic pain, dysuria)
Yes	102	25.7
Knowledge of causes
Yes	39	9.7
Knowledge of transmission mode
Yes	104	25.9
Knowledge of screening program
Yes	194	48.4
Knowledge of HPV vaccine
Yes	45	11.2
Knowledge of treatment
Yes	267	66.5
History of pap smear
Never	236	58.9
More than 3 years	105	26.1
During last 3 years	60	15
Practice of gynecological examination during last 3 years
Yes	177	44.1
Practice of screening test by visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA)
Yes	72	18