Research Article
Awareness of Cervical Cancer, Risk Perception, and Practice of Pap Smear Test among Young Adult Women of Dhulikhel Municipality, Nepal
Table 4
Knowledge toward the Pap smear test among the study participants.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Heard about Pap smear test () | | | Yes | 157 | 37.2 | No | 265 | 62.8 | Source of information () | | | Health personnel | 71 | 45.2 | Books/lectures | 35 | 22.3 | Friends/relatives | 33 | 21.0 | TV/radio | 32 | 20.4 | Internet | 20 | 12.7 | Newspaper | 12 | 8.3 | Pap smear is done to () | | | To detect cervical cancer | 139 | 88.5 | To treat cervical cancer | 2 | 1.3 | To treat STIs | 1 | 0.6 | Do not know | 15 | 9.6 | Procedure during Pap smear test () | | | Cells from cervix are scraped away and then test under microscope for abnormal growth | 115 | 73.2 | Blood is tested for cervical cancer | 1 | 0.6 | Cervix of women is taken out for testing | 3 | 1.9 | Do not know | 38 | 24.3 | Appropriate age for performing Pap smear test () | | | Below 21 years | 12 | 7.6 | 21 years and are sexually active | 52 | 33.2 | Immediately after having first sex | 23 | 1.9 | Do not know | 90 | 57.3 | Right interval for Pap smear test () | | | Every 3 years | 19 | 12.1 | Every 5 years | 6 | 3.8 | Every year if you have more than one risk factors | 39 | 24.8 | No need to further test if the first Pap smear test is negative | 2 | 1.3 | Do not know | 88 | 56.1 | Others | 3 | 1.9 |
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