Psychosocial outcomes of three triage methods for the management of borderline abnormal cervical smears: an open randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess which of three triage strategies for women with borderline abnormal cervical smear results in the best psychosocial outcomes.

Design

Pragmatic, non-blinded, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Setting

18 family planning clinics across Australia, covering both urban and rural areas, between January 2004 and October 2006.

Participants

Women aged 16-70 years (n=314) who attended routine cervical screening and received a borderline cervical smear.

Interventions

Patients were randomly assigned to human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing (n=104), a repeat smear test at six months (n=106), or the patient's informed choice of either test supported by a decision aid (n=104). Psychosocial outcomes were assessed at multiple time points over

SUBMITTER: McCaffery KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2827716 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature