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Table 3 Attitudes with intention to screen and willingness to vaccinate daughters against cervical cancer

From: Women’s intention to screen and willingness to vaccinate their daughters against cervical cancer – a cross sectional study in eastern Uganda

 

Intention to screen (n = 819)

Willingness to vaccinate daughters (n = 813)

 

N (%)

Unadjusted PR (95% CI)

p-value

N (%)

Unadjusted PR (95% CI)

p-value

Cervical cancer is a severe disease

No

19 (45.2)

  

7 (17.1)

  

Yes

796 (96.1)

2.12 [1.52–2.96]

<0.001*

800 (96.9)

5.68 [2.89–11.12]

<0.001*

I am at risk of getting cervical cancer

No

62 (73.8)

  

47 (56.6)

  

Yes

642 (95.8)

1.29 [1.14–1.48]

<0.001*

647 (97.3)

1.72 [1.42–2.07]

<0.001*

Cervical cancer screening is important

No

20 (52.6)

  

7 (18.4)

  

Yes

788 (95.4)

1.81 [1.34–2.45]

<0.001*

802 (97.3)

5.28 [2.70–10.32]

<0.001*

Only women who are sexually active need cervical cancer screening

Yes

373 (95.9)

  

378 (96.9)

  

No

358 (90.9)

0.95 [0.91–0.98]

0.005

351 (89.5)

0.92 [0.89–0.96]

<0.001*

Women who have had sexually transmitted infections are more likely to get cervical cancer

No

169 (86.2)

  

152 (79.2)

  

Yes

578 (96.0)

1.11 [1.05–1.18]

<0.001*

588 (97.7)

1.23 [1.15–1.33]

<0.001*

Chances of curing cervical cancer are better when the disease is discovered at an early stage

No

97 (78.9)

  

89 (70.6)

  

Yes

666 (96.2)

1.22 [1.11–1.34]

<0.001*

671 (97.7)

1.38 [1.23–1.55]

<0.001*

Cervical cancer is not a death sentence for most people

No

320 (95.0)

  

319 (94.9)

  

Yes

407 (92.5)

0.97 [0.94–1.01]

0.157

401 (91.3)

0.96 [0.93–0.99]

0.046*

There is much a woman can do to reduce her chances of getting cervical cancer

No

415 (95.6)

  

410 (95.1)

  

Yes

272 (90.7)

0.95 [0.91–0.99]

0.012*

269 (89.1)

0.94 [0.89–0.98]

0.004*

Women who have cervical cancer will have some symptoms showing it

Yes

700 (96.1)

  

706 (97.4)

  

No

53 (68.8)

0.71 [0.61–0.83]

<0.001*

41 (54.7)

0.56 [0.46–0.69]

<0.001*

Cervical cancer runs in families

No

371 (92.7)

  

361 (91.2)

  

Yes

302 (94.4)

1.02 [0.98–1.05]

0.374

307 (95.0)

1.04 [1.00–1.08]

0.039*

Women only need cervical cancer screening tests during child bearing years

Yes

412 (95.8)

  

412 (96.5)

  

No

321 (89.7)

0.93 [0.89–0.97]

0.001*

318 (89.1)

0.92 [0.89–0.96]

<0.001*

Their family would approve of children being vaccinated against cervical cancer

No

34 (56.7)

  

9 (15.5)

  

Yes

752 (96.5)

1.70 [1.36–2.13]

<0.001*

778 (98.9)

6.38 [3.49–11.63]

<0.001*

  1. *p < 0.05