Acceptability of Human Papilloma Virus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening in a Cohort of Patients from Romania (Stage 2).
J Clin Med
; 11(9)2022 Apr 29.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1847352
ABSTRACT
(1) Background:
Low patient's adherence to conventional cervical cancer screening methods determined the need to take into consideration alternative approaches, and vaginal HPV self-sampling is one of them. We aimed to evaluate, using an online survey, the Romanian women's acceptability of vaginal HPV self-sampling. (2)Methods:
A 13-questions online survey was distributed on three Facebook groups, and the results were summarized. (3)Results:
Despite of good educational background, 10.8% (n = 60) of the respondents did not know what a Pap smear is, and 33% (n = 183) were not informed about the free national cervical cancer screening program. Multivariate analysis revealed an increased likelihood of vaginal self-sampling acceptance among respondents who did not know about Pap test (OR 7.80; 95%CI 1.062-57.431; p = 0.021), national cervical cancer screening program (OR 1.96; 95%CI 1.010-3.806; p = 0.02), HPV infection (OR 7.35; 95%CI 3.099-17.449; p< 0.001) or HPV test (OR 1.67; 95%CI 0.950-2.948; p = 0.03). Moreover, women who did not previously undergo a cervical cancer screening program were more likely to accept the new screening method (OR 1.62; 95%CI 0.878-3.015; p = 0.04). (4)Conclusions:
Our results showed high acceptability rates of vaginal HPV self-sampling among participants.
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Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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Jcm11092503
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