Addressing Unmet Basic Needs to Improve Colposcopy Adherence Among Women With Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of the study were to identify unmet basic needs (BNs) among women referred to colposcopy, to assess patient acceptability/satisfaction with assistance from a navigator to address unmet BNs, and to estimate adherence to colposcopy.

Methods

Women were recruited between September 2017 and January 2019 from 2 academic colposcopy centers, one serving a rural and one an urban area. Basic needs were assessed by phone before colposcopy appointments and considered unmet if unlikely to resolve in 1 month. Colposcopy adherence prestudy and poststudy implementation was abstracted over 4-6 months from administrative records. After a lead-in phase of 25 patients at each site, a BN navigator was offered to new participants with 1 or more unmet BNs. Primary outcome was a

SUBMITTER: Kuroki L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature