Management of abnormal Pap smears in reproductive age group

Psychosocial burden of women with abnormal Pap smears.

This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the psychosocial burden of women with abnormal Pap-smear results during the 3 months after recruitment into the study. Seventy-five women negative for intraepithelial lesions and 76 women with epithelial cell abnormalities were recruited. The two study groups did not differ in baseline demographic characteristics or gynecological history. However, th...

Relationship between the body mass index and abnormal pap smears.

This cross-sectional analytic study aimed to investigate any relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and an abnormal Pap smear. The subjects were 7,720 women aged 30-69 years who lived in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand, and had been recruited as participants in the Khon Kaen Cohort Study during 1990-2001. All had received Pap smear screening for cervical cancer. The data were analyzed usin...

Digital assessment of the reproductive tract versus colposcopy for directing biopsies in women with abnormal Pap smears.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to compare digital camera assessment of the reproductive tract (DART) to colposcopy for the evaluation of abnormal Pap smears. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants included 207 women with abnormal Pap smears. Colposcopy and DART were performed on each patient by separate examiners with the goal of lesion detection. Analysis was performed per patient and per biopsy. ...

HPV L1 Detection as a Prognostic Marker for Management of HPV High Risk Positive Abnormal Pap Smears

The Costs of an Outreach Intervention for Low-Income Women With Abnormal Pap Smears

INTRODUCTION Follow-up among women who have had an abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is often poor in public hospitals that serve women at increased risk for cervical cancer. This randomized controlled trial evaluated and compared the total cost and cost per follow-up of a tailored outreach intervention plus usual care with the total cost and cost per follow-up of usual care alone. METHODS Wo...