Direct notification of cervical cytology results to women improves follow-up in cervical cancer screening - A cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT: Up to half of all women do not receive follow-up as recommended after cervical cytology testing and are thus at increased risk of dysplasia progression. Women from lower social positions are at increased risk of not receiving follow-up. Sample takers, often general practitioners, convey results to women, but communication problems constitute a challenge. We aimed to investigate the effect of direct notification of cervical cytology results on follow-up rates. In a 1:1 cluster-randomised controlled trial, we assessed if having the pathology department convey cervical cytology results directly to the investigated women improved timely follow-up, compared with conveying the results via the general practitioner as usual. All women with a cervical cytology performed in a general practice in the

SUBMITTER: Kristiansen BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6296289 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature