ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2023
Experiences of human papillomavirus self-sampling by women >60 years old: A qualitative study.
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- Cervical cancer screening strategies in women 65 years and older in the human papillomavirus era: A systematic review and meta-analysis of human papillomavirus-based testing and self-sampling approaches.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Pooled it
- What are the views and experiences of human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling for cervical screening in high-income countries? A qualitative systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Information needs for cancer screening and associated factors of information-seeking behaviour: a qualitative systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Home Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake in a Large Community-Based General Screening Population.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Underscreened Women's Reactions to At-Home Self-Collected Human Papillomavirus Test Result Delivery.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026Article
- Experiences of Self-Collected Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Testing Among Women Aged 20 to 65 Years in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of High-Risk HPV Infection in Community Women at Ho Chi Minh City in 2024: A Cross-Sectional Study with Self-Collect Sampling.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Experiences and Perceptions of Cervical Cancer Screening Using Self-Sampling among Under-Screened Women in Flanders.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Older women's perceptions of HPV self-sampling and HPV-sampling performed by a midwife - a phenomenographic study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Experiences of human papillomavirus self-sampling by women >60 years old: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling has shown to be acceptable and feasible across cultures and effective in reaching women who do not participate in regular cervical cancer screening. However, most of these studies have included younger women. There is a lack of knowledge of how older women reason about HPV self-sampling.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to describe how women (>60 years old) experience the offering of self-sampling of HPV, compared to having a sample collected by a healthcare professional. DESIGN AND
participantsThe study had a qualitative explorative design. Four focus group discussions were conducted with women 60-69 years old (n = 22). Data were analysed using principles of interpretive description.
resultsFive themes were identified: self-sampling-convenient and without pain, lack of knowledge, worries related to HPV self-sampling, need for information and taking a societal perspective.
conclusionWomen aged >60 years found that HPV self-sampling was convenient and easy to perform. Further, they stressed the importance of being able to remain in the screening programme in advanced age and that self-sampling could be a possible solution. This study also revealed a lack of knowledge among women in this age group regarding HPV infection, how the disease is transmitted and its relation to cervical cancer. PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Women who had performed HPV self-sampling participated in the focus group discussion.
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