Impact of health education intervention on knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening for women in Ghana

Table 6 Independent-sample t-test between the differences of the pre-post-test of the intervention and control groups

Variables	Categories	N	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean Difference	t	df	P-value
Difference in knowledge on cervical cancer	Elmina	396	3.67	2.89	1.29	6.22	780	0.001
Difference in knowledge on cervical cancer	Kissi	386	2.38	2.91
Difference in knowledge on screening	Elmina	396	1.11	1.42	0.68	5.96	736.38	0.001
Difference in knowledge on screening	Kissi	386	0.43	1.77
Difference in perceived susceptibility	Elmina	396	−0.12	5.62	1.05	2.72	780	0.004
Difference in perceived susceptibility	Kissi	386	0.93	5.157
Difference in perceived seriousness	Elmina	396	2.26	5.04	1.29	3.36	780	0.001
Difference in perceived seriousness	Kissi	386	0.97	5.68
Difference in perceived benefits	Elmina	396	1.50	3.68	2.47	9.19	780	0.001
Difference in perceived benefits	Kissi	386	−0.97	3.85
Difference in perceived barriers	Elmina	396	0.96	5.54	1.23	3.19	780	0.001
Difference in perceived barriers	Kissi	386	−0.26	5.20

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