Development of a Population Survey Concerning Papanicolaou Smear Screening for Cervical Disease

OBJECTIVES: We set out to design and evaluate a questionnaire for determining women's knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and experience with cervical screening. METHODS: A literature search was conducted using key terms such as Pap (Papanicolaou) smear and attitudes. No questionnaire in the literature addressed all the domains of knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and experience. The expert panel method was employed, by which eight women …