Table 3: Knowledge, attitude and risk perception on cervical smear screening programme of subjects in Hong Kong & Beijing N=299
Knowledge, attitude and risk perception on cervical smear
screening programme
  Hong Kong (%)
N=155
  Beijing (%)
N=144
  P-value
Have you heard about cervical smear before?   Yes     125 (94%)     123 (85.4%)   0.001**
    No     4 (3%)     21 (14.6%)    
    Missing     4 (3%)     0      
Media of knowledge on cervical smear   Mass Media     71 (53%)     25 (17.4%)   0.000**
    Friend/ Family     37 (27.8%)     21 (14.6%)   0.006**
    Medical Staff     47 (35.3%)     75 (52.1%)   0.02*
Knowledge score on risk factors and screening
program of cervical cancer
mean score (total score=11) (95% CI)
        6.51 (6.19-6.82)     5.78 (5.47-6.09)   0.001*
Perceived cost of cervical cancer screening   Expensive     49 (31.6%)     67 (46.5%)   0.012*
    Appropriate/ cheap     103 (66.5%)     77 (53.5%)    
    Missing     3 (1.9%)     0      
Perceived risk of cervical cancer   High risk     4 (2.6%)     39 (27.1%)   0.000**
    Moderate/ low risk     149 (96%)     105 (72.9%)    
    Missing     2 (1.3%)     0      
Preference of professionals to perform
cervical smear
  No preference     21 (13.5%)     12 (8.3%)   0.150
    Male doctor     0       3 (2.1%)   0.071
    Female doctor     130 (83.9%)     115 (79.9%)   0.368
    Nurse practitioner     22 (14.2%)     27 (18.8%)   0.299