Table 3 Practices of GPs and reasons for never/rarely proposing screening, Burundi 2015
Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
Propose screening test (N = 131) | |
Never | 56 (42.7) |
Rarely | 58 (44.3) |
Often | 17 (13) |
Always | 0 (0) |
Have heard about VIA/VILI (N = 131) | 48 (36.6) |
Have already performed VIA/VILI (N = 131) | 2 (1.5) |
Have heard about HPV screening (N = 131) | 90 (68.7) |
Reasons for never or rarely proposing screening (N = 114) | |
Screening center not available | 86 (75.4) |
Ignorance of GPs | 56 (49.1) |
Financial obstacles | 32 (28.1) |
women don’t come | 16 (14) |
GPs overloaded | 8 (7) |
Late response of the pathology laboratory | 1 (0.9) |
Thoughts of GPs about ICC prevention (N = 131)* | |
Think radiotherapy is a treatment of CIN | 52 (39.7) |
Think CIN can be treated with hysterectomy | 35 (26.7) |
Think vaginal echography is a screening method ICC | 25 (19.1) |
Think RX pelvis is a screening method for cervical cancer | 4 (3.1) |