Elderly women's experiences of self-sampling for HPV testing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-sampling for HPV testing, as an alternative to the conventional speculum based sampling, is highly acceptable to women of screening ages. The aim of this study was to describe older women's (60 to 75 years) experiences of self-sampling.

Methods

In Sweden a descriptive study with quantitative and qualitative methods was designed to collect data from a survey of women who participated in self-sampling for HPV testing. Individual interviews were done with women who tested positive in the first self-sampling, and were either negative in their second HPV test or were positive in their second HPV test, but without precancerous lesions or cancer.

Results

Of 893 eligible women, 868 (97.2%) answered the survey. Among the surveyed women, 49.2% reported it was ve

SUBMITTER: Hermansson RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7249375 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature