ArticleBMC research notes2017
Factors associated with the achievement of cervical smears by general practitioners.
Article in BMC research notes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02749110 (Participation in Screening for Cervical Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Participation in Screening for Cervical Cancer: Interest of a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Self-sampling Device Provided by the General Practitioner; a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Participation rate in cervical cancer screening in general practice related to the proximity of gynecology care facilities: A 3 year follow-up cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Barriers and attitudes towards cervical cancer screening in primary healthcare in Poland - doctors' perspective.BMC family practice · 2021Article
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- General practitioners who never perform Pap smear: the medical offer and the socio-economic context around their office could limit their involvement in cervical cancer screening.BMC family practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveReliable data about general practitioners performing pap-tests are insufficient. A claim code for the achievement of pap-smears exists in France, but its use by general practitioners is not known. The main purpose of this study was to highlight independent factors associated with the achievement of pap-smears by the general practitioner (GP). We carried out a descriptive and analytic epidemiologic study in 347 GPs and their 244,889 patients, registered at the Health Care Insurance Fund of Flanders. The European Deprivation Index (EDI) in the area of GP's surgeries was specified. All GPs were questioned by telephone about their performance of pap-tests. The claim database of the insurance fund was analyzed to describe characteristics of GPs.
resultsThe answer rate among questioned GPs was 98.8%. Pap-smears were performed in their surgeries by 182 GPs (53.1%). Among males, 45.7% performed pap-smears versus 78.4% of the female (adjusted odds-ratio = 4.5, p < 0.001). The mean rate of screened women in the target population was 44% when GPs were performing smears versus 42% when they were not (adjusted odds-ratio = 1.04, p = 0.03). Only 19.5% of GPs used the claim code. The number of patients, and the EDI were not associated with pap-smears. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02749110 (April 22, 2016).
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