Table 2 Knowledge items responses of HIV positive women attending adult ART clinic in Public Health Facilities, Hawassa town, Ethiopia, 2019
Knowledge items | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Risk factors | Unsafe sexual practice | 132 | 38.6 |
Sexually transmitted infections | 129 | 37.7 | |
Having multiple sexual partner | 97 | 28.4 | |
Smoking | 70 | 20.5 | |
Early sexual activity | 49 | 14.3 | |
Prolonged use of oral contraceptive | 11 | 3.2 | |
Do not know | 87 | 25.4 | |
Sign and symptoms of cervical cancer | Pelvic pain | 140 | 40.9 |
foul smelling vaginal discharges | 136 | 39.8 | |
post coital bleeding | 74 | 21.6 | |
Lengthy menstruation | 46 | 13.5 | |
pain during sex | 24 | 7.0 | |
Inter menstrual bleeding | 11 | 3.2 | |
Do not know | 130 | 38.0 | |
Prevention methods | Cervical cancer screening | 161 | 47.1 |
Consistent condom use | 114 | 33.3 | |
Treatment of STIs | 62 | 18.1 | |
Reduce sexual partner | 59 | 17.3 | |
Late marriage | 31 | 9.1 | |
Vaccination | 12 | 3.5 | |
Do not know | 88 | 25.7 | |
Benefit of screening | Early detection | 217 | 63.5 |
Early treatment | 89 | 26.0 | |
Early diagnosis | 62 | 18.1 | |
Decreasing chances of an abortion | 4 | 1.2 | |
Do not know | 25 | 13.2 | |