Usability of a smartphone-compatible, confocal micro-endoscope for cervical cancer screening in resource-limited settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More efficient methods to detect and treat precancerous lesions of the cervix at a single visit, such as low-cost confocal microscopy, could improve early diagnosis and hence outcomes. We piloted a prototype smartphone-compatible confocal micro-endoscope (SCME) among women presenting to a public cervical cancer screening clinic in Kampala, Uganda. We describe the piloting of the SCME device at an urban clinic used by lower cadre staff.

Methods

We screened women aged 18 and 60 years, who presented for cervical cancer screening at the Kawempe National Referral Hospital Kampala, and evaluated the experience of their providers (nurses). Nurses received a 2-day training by the study doctors on how to use the SCME, which was added to the standard Visual Inspection with

SUBMITTER: Kadama-Makanga P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367841 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature