This case-control study aimed to determine why women aged 35 to 60 years old attended cervical
cancer screening in areas under the responsibility of the Primary Care Unit 2 of the Kalasin Hospital. Cases
were 100 women who attended cervical cancer screening in the foregoing five years. As controls 100 women
who never were screened for cervical cancer in the last five years had been selected. Information was
assessed through a face to face interview with a structured questionnaire.