Our study evaluates the effect of an educational programme on awareness and uptake of the cervical cancer screening test (Pap smear) by women in a model market in Lagos, Nigeria. This was a quasi-experimental study using a multistage sampling technique. A total of 350 women were divided into two groups. A baseline survey on awareness of the Pap test and screening practices was carried out using...

Background Cancer cervix is a major health problem in India, accounting for 26.1-43.8% of all cancers in Indian women. Dysplasia on Pap smear has been reported in 15-40% of HIV positive women which is 10-11 times higher than those observed among HIV negative women. Patients with persistent inflammatory Pap smears harbor high proportion of HPV infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (20...

OBJECTIVE To describe the psychological impact on women of being tested for human papillomavirus (HPV) when smear test results are borderline or mildly dyskaryotic. DESIGN Cross sectional questionnaire study. SETTING Two centres participating in an English pilot study of HPV testing in women with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic smear test results. PARTICIPANTS Women receiving borderline ...

background: it is noted that oral contraceptive pills increase the risk of abnormal pap smear but results have been inconsistent across the populations. objective: this study aimed to evaluate the association between oral contraceptive pill (ocp) consumption and abnormal pap smear in women who referred to shahid sadoughi and madar hospitals in yazd. materials and methods: a cross sectional desc...

www.aafp.org/afp VOLUME 64, NUMBER 5 / SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 have the greatest impact on decreasing morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer. The remaining 30 percent of cervical cancers result from errors in sampling and interpretation. Examples of such errors include incomplete sampling of the transformation zone, a poorly prepared slide with drying artifact or clumping of cells, and failure ...

BACKGROUND Data extraction tools (DETs) are increasingly being used for research and audit of general practice, despite their limitations.Objective This study explores the accuracy of Pap smear rates obtained with a DET compared to that of the Pap smear rate obtained with a manual file audit. METHOD A widely available DET was used to establish the rate of Pap smears in a large multi-general p...

AIM To assess the validity of negative cervical smear reports in women who subsequently developed cervical cancer; and to determine means of improving the screening process. METHODS One hundred and forty cervical smears, initially reported as negative from 103 women, and taken up to 12 years before diagnosis of cervical cancer, were reviewed. RESULTS Ninety two smears contained dyskaryotic ...

OBJECTIVES Proven screening technologies exist for both breast and cervical cancer, but they are underused by many women. We sought to evaluate the effect of demographic characteristics on the underuse of mammography and Pap smear screening. METHODS We analyzed responses from 12,252 women who participated in the 1987 National Health Interview Survey Cancer Control Supplement. Demographic prof...

BACKGROUND Process-mapping of the patient pathway at the Birmingham Women's Hospital revealed that, after an abnormal smear was identified, women could experience a significant delay before referral for treatment. The direct referral policy was introduced in 2007 as part of a wider pan-Birmingham project to address this. AIM To investigate the impact of the direct referral policy on patient e...

OBJECTIVE To discover whether systematic methods of call and recall are more effective than a non-systematic method and to see which of the two systematic methods was more effective. DESIGN Prospective randomised controlled trial over a year. SETTING One group general practice. PATIENTS 416 Women over 35 eligible for a smear test who had never had a cervical smear test or in whom a smear ...