Research Article
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 (
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| 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 |
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