ArticleBMJ open2020
Information needs among women taking part in primary HPV screening in England: a content analysis.
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- Recommendations for a Communication Strategy to Support Informed Decision-Making About Self or Clinician Sampling for Cervical Screening in the UK: Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Awareness and knowledge about HPV and primary HPV screening among women in Great Britain: An online population-based survey.Journal of medical screening · 2024Article
- How do young women approaching screening age interpret the NHS cervical screening leaflet? A mixed methods study of identifying interpretation difficulties, barriers, facilitators, and leaflet interpretation, engagement and future screening behaviour.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Cervical cancer screening in Jordan; a review of the past and an outlook to the future - facts and figures.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2023Article
- Do they cope or mope? A survey of GPs' experiences with the changes in the Norwegian Cervical Cancer Screening Programme.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2022Article
- Extension of cervical screening intervals with primary human papillomavirus testing: observational study of English screening pilot data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Observational
- "I'm neither here, which would be bad, nor there, which would be good": the information needs of HPV+ women. A qualitative study based on in-depth interviews and counselling sessions in Jujuy, Argentina.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- Testing positive for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) at primary HPV cervical screening: A qualitative exploration of women's information needs and preferences for communication of results.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesIntroducing primary human papillomavirus (HPV) testing to cervical screening programmes means changes to the results women receive. We explored additional information needs among women undergoing HPV primary screening.
designWomen were sent a postal questionnaire shortly after receiving their results and 6 and 12 months later. Each questionnaire asked if women had any unanswered questions about cervical screening or HPV testing. Free-text responses constituted the data. Themes were identified using content analysis.
settingNational Health Service (NHS) Cervical Screening Programme, England.
participants381 women who recorded one or more free-text responses.
resultsThe most common theme represented women's emotional responses and attempts to understand their results. This theme was raised by 45% of women overall, but was as high as 59% in the HPV cleared group. General questions about the cause and epidemiology of HPV were raised by 38% of women and were more common among those testing HPV positive with normal cytology (52%). Questions about the purpose and procedure for HPV testing were most common among HPV-negative women (40%, compared with 16%-24% of the other results groups). Questions about future implications of test results were raised by 19% of women, and this theme was most common among those with persistent HPV.
conclusionsDespite provision of information alongside screening invitations, women can still have unanswered questions following receipt of their results. Details about the epidemiology of HPV and why cervical screening procedures are changing should be included with screening invitations. Some results groups may benefit from additional tailored information with their results letter.
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