ArticleSexually transmitted infections2006
Vaginal self sampling versus physician cervical sampling for HPV among younger and older women.
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- Concordance of Primary Human Papillomavirus Testing Among Clinicians and Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2023Pooled it
- Self-collected HPV testing improves participation in cervical cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2013Pooled it
- Canadian oncogenic human papillomavirus cervical infection prevalence: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2011Pooled it
- Evaluation of the Impact of Human Papillomavirus DNA Self-sampling on the Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening.Cancer nursingTrial
- HPV-Driven Cervical Carcinogenesis: Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms and Diagnostic Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Citizen science as an instrument for women's health research.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Agreement between Self- and Physician‑Sampling for Detection of High‑Risk Human Papillomavirus Infections in Women Attending Cervical Screening at National Cancer Institute, Thailand.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Article
- Ethnographic study of the barriers and facilitators to implementing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling as a primary screening strategy for cervical cancer among Inuit women of Nunavik, Northern Quebec.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- A Family-Centered Sexual Health Intervention to Promote Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake Among Low-Income Rural Women in India: Protocol for a Community-Based Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Mapping Evidence of Self-Sampling to Diagnose Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Agreement of self- and physician-collected samples for detection of high-risk human papillomavirus infections in women attending a colposcopy clinic in Thailand.BMC research notes · 2018Article
- HPV self-sampling: A promising approach to reduce cervical cancer screening disparities in Canada.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2018Article
- Comparison between self sampling and provider collected samples for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing in a Nigerian facility.The Pan African medical journal · 2018Article
- Emerging role of HPV self-sampling in cervical cancer screening for hard-to-reach women: Focused literature review.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2017Review
- Awareness of Cervical Cancer Causes and Predeterminants of Likelihood to Screen Among Women in Haiti.Journal of lower genital tract disease · 2017Article
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- Vaginal Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Primary Cervical Cancer Screening Tool in a Haitian Population.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2015Article
- Determinants of women's likelihood of vaginal self-sampling for human papillomavirus to screen for cervical cancer in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2014Article
- A Viable and Simple Self-Sampling Method for Human Papillomavirus Detection among South African Adolescents.Journal of immunological techniques in infectious diseases · 2013Article
- Looking ahead: a case for human papillomavirus testing of self-sampled vaginal specimens as a cervical cancer screening strategy.International journal of cancer · 2011Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the agreement between self collected vaginal swabs and physician collected cervical brush samples for detection of oncogenic human papillomavirus infection (HPV) by the hybrid capture 2 (HC-2) test among women younger and older than 50 years, and to assess women's preference for sample collection method based on age.
methodsConsecutive women aged 15-49 years due for a 1 year visit in a prevalence study of carcinogenic HPV and a new sample of women aged 50 years and older attending their family physicians for cervical screening, in Ontario, Canada, performed vaginal self sampling and underwent physician cervical sampling and cervical cytology. Women completed a self administered questionnaire on demographics and preference for sampling method.
resultsAmong the 307 women aged 15-49 years, the prevalence of HPV was 20.8% (64/307) and 17.6% (54/307) in the vaginal and cervical specimens, respectively. Among the women aged 50 years and older, prevalence was 9.9% (15/152) and 8.6% (13/152), respectively. Kappa for agreement between sample collection methods was 0.54 for the younger and 0.37 for the older women (both p< 0.001). Nearly half of the women preferred self sampling or had no preference.
conclusionsThere was fair agreement between self collected vaginal and physician collected cervical specimens for detecting carcinogenic HPV in younger and older women. Vaginal sampling for HPV appears to be promising as a primary screening strategy for cervical cancer prevention programmes in low resource settings in developed and developing countries.
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