Abstract:
Sample size as 351 patients A questionnaire administered b an interviewer was the
'instrument for data co collection. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS. The ages of
all the participants in this study) varied between 22 to 87 years. Their mean age was 56
years. From the sample of cervical cancer patients interviewed 53.3 percent resided in the
Western Province ( Colombo , Gampaha and Kalutara districts and 5 .4 percent lived in
rural areas. Housewives consisted 81.2 percent of the patients and 62.7 percent belonged to
families with a monthly income blow Rs. 50 01