THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF PAP SMEAR AMONG LOCAL SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE SHARJAH DISTRICT.
Table 5 surprisingly shows the percentage of women who had not undergone a papanicolaou smear test, increase significantly among the who have scored good and average (p = 0.0001).

Table 5. The distribution of women by their knowledge scores about (cervical cancer and papanicolaou smear) and by their attitudes towards papanicolaou smear (If they ever had a papanicolaou smear).

Knowledge Score Attitude Towards papanicolaou smear
Yes % No %
Poor 0 0 2 0.57
Average 10 2.85 43 12.28
Good 140 40 155 44.2

Table 6 shows the percentage of women who had not undergone a papanicolaou smear test increases significantly among the women who are married to an educated husband (p = 0.002), it showed that 52.4% of women who are married to highly educated husband (secondary, University) did not practice the papanicolaou smear test in their life while only 34% of them have had at least one papanicolaou smear test in their life. So the husband's education did not affect the attitude of women towards the papanicolaou smear test.

Table (6): The Association between husband education and women attitude toward papanicolaou smear.

Husband education

Attitude toward papanicolaou smear
Yes % No %
1. 1 0.28 1 0.28
2. 9 2.57 2 0.57
3. 21 6 13 3.71
4. 46 13.14 50 14.28
5. 74 21.14 134 38.28

  1. Does not read or write

  2. Primary

  3. Preparatory

  4. Secondary

  5. University or equivalent