ABCD criteria to improve visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) triage in HPV-positive women: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A simple system for visual inspection with acetic acid assessment, named ABCD criteria, has been developed to increase accuracy for triaging of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive women. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of ABCD criteria for the detection of histologically confirmed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade two or worse (CIN2+) in HPV-positive women living in a low-resource setting.

Design

Prospective study of diagnostic accuracy.

Setting

Cervical cancer screening programme based on a 3T-Approach (test, triage and treat) in the Health District of Dschang, West Cameroon.

Participants

Asymptomatic non-pregnant women aged 30-49 years were eligible to participate. Exclusion criteria included history of CIN treatment, an

SUBMITTER: Petignat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8981272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature