Reactions of women underscreened for cervical cancer who received unsolicited human papillomavirus self-sampling kits.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate experiences and reactions after receiving a mailed, unsolicited human papillomavirus self-sampling kit and identify psychosocial correlates of using kits.

Methods

Survey participants were underscreened women aged 30-64 who were mailed human papillomavirus kits as part of a pragmatic trial at Kaiser Permanente Washington, a United States integrated health care system. Six months after the mailing, we invited kit returners and non-returners to complete a web survey that measured psychosocial factors (e.g. cervical cancer/human papillomavirus knowledge, attitudes toward screening), experiences, and reactions to kits. We compared responses between kit returners and non-returners.

Results

Comparing 116 kit returners (272 invited) and 119 non-returner

SUBMITTER: Malone C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237324 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature