Colposcopy non-attendance following an abnormal cervical cancer screening result: a prospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A considerable proportion of cervical cancer diagnoses in high-income countries are due to lack of timely follow-up of an abnormal screening result. We estimated colposcopy non-attendance, examined the potential factors associated and described non-attendance reasons in a population-based screening study.

Methods

Data from the MARZY prospective cohort study were analysed. Co-test screen-positive women (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance or worse [ASC-US+] or high-risk human papillomavirus [hrHPV] positive) aged 30 to 65 years were referred to colposcopy within two screening rounds (3-year interval). Women were surveyed for sociodemographic, HPV-related and other data, and interviewed for non-attendance reasons. Logistic regression was used to exa

SUBMITTER: Liang LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9270801 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature