Normal Pap smear n (%) | Abnormal Pap smear n (%) | Biopsy confirmed CIN n (%) | External genital warts n (%) | Total population n (%) | p Value* | |||
LSIL | HSIL | CIN 1 | CIN 2/3 | |||||
N | 101 | 58 | 52 | 36 | 44 | 40 | 331 | |
Heard of HPV | 37 (37) | 43 (74) | 36 (69) | 26 (72) | 32 (73) | 30 (75) | 204 (62) | <0.001 |
Knows HPV contracted sexually | 32 (32) | 38 (66) | 34 (65) | 24 (67) | 27 (61) | 30 (75) | 185 (56) | <0.001 |
Knows HPV may cause cervical cancer | 30 (30) | 38 (66) | 34 (65) | 24 (67) | 28 (64) | 23 (58) | 177 (53) | <0.001 |
Knows that HPV may cause external genital warts | 21 (21) | 24 (41) | 18 (35) | 15 (42) | 13 (30) | 26 (65) | 117 (35) | <0.001 |
Knows that HPV can affect women and men | 30 (81) | 33 (77) | 29 (81) | 15 (58) | 22 (69) | 29 (97) | 158 (77) | 0.03 |
Knows that HPV can have long-term health effects | 101 (100) | 57 (98) | 50 (96) | 36 (100) | 44 (100) | 39 (98) | 327 (99) | 0.313 |
Knows that a Pap test is to look for abnormal cells | 89 (88) | 56 (97) | 52 (100) | 36 (100) | 44 (100) | 36 (90) | 313 (95) | 0.003 |
*p Values estimated using Pearson χ2 test. CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV, human papillomavirus; HSIL, high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; LSIL, low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion.