Table 4 The effect of health education among study participants
Knowledge score (0–40) | INTERVENTION | CONTROL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline n = 350 frequency (%) | Post intervention n = 325 frequency (%) | % change | Statistic (P) | Beginning of study n = 350 frequency (%) | End of study n = 289 frequency (%) | % change | Statistic (P) | |
Ever heard of cervical cancer | 59 (16.9) | 325 (100.0) | +83.1 | (p < 0.0001*) | 50 (14.3) | 45 (15.6) | +1.3 | (p = 0.657*) |
Ever heard of cervical screening | 36 (10.3) | 325 (100.0) | +94.6 | (p < 0.0001*) | 38 (10.9) | 31 (10.7) | −0.2 | (p = 1.000*) |
Ever had cervical screening | 15 (4.3) | 27 (8.3) | +4.0 | (p = 0.038*) | 12 (3.4) | 11 (3.8) | +0.4 | (p = 0.834*) |
Willingness to have cervical screening | 314 (89.7) | 300 (92.3) | +2.6 | (p = 0.283*) | 320 (91.4) | 270 (93.4) | +2.0 | (p = 0.373*) |
Mean knowledge score | 1.75 ± 5.65α | 25.69 ± 6.20α |  | t = 52.48 (p < 0.0001) | 2.03 ± 5.77α | 2.22 ± 6.04α |  | t = 0.406 (p = 0.685) |
Mean perception score | 1.13 ± 0.77α | 4.43 ± 0.92α |  | t = 50.66 (p < 0.0001) | 1.16 ± 0.83α | 1.17 ± 0.88α |  | t = 0.148 (p = 0.883) |