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Article: A cross-sectional study on the acceptability of self-collection for HPV testing among women in rural China
Title | A cross-sectional study on the acceptability of self-collection for HPV testing among women in rural China |
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Issue Date | 2012 |
Citation | Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2012, v. 88, n. 7, p. 490-494 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: To assess the acceptability of using self-collection as a method of sampling for human papilloma virus testing in rural China. Methods: 174 women from the national cervical cancer screening programme in Xiangyuan County, China, were enrolled in our study and underwent self-collection, clinician collection, colposcopy examination and were administered questionnaire. The questionnaire assessed the patients' preference and acceptability of collection method. Results: The mean overall acceptability score for self-collection, although significantly less than the overall score for clinician collection (p<0.01), still is well above 4 (4.33 of 5), indicating high acceptability. The acceptability scores for self-collection and clinician collection were not significantly different on scales measuring comfort and convenience (p>0.05). The scores were significantly lower for self-collection on scales measuring trust, ability to collect specimen and perceived effects of testing compared with clinician collection (p<0.01). 74% of participants preferred clinician collection, and of these participants, 86% preferred it because they thought the results were more accurate. Conclusions: The study shows that self-collection was highly acceptable and that self-collection and clinician collection were equally comfortable and convenient; however, the participants still preferred clinician collection because of lack of trust in the results of self-collection. This indicates that self-collection is an acceptable potential method for screening but education programmes about the validity of self-collection that target general population may be needed prior to implementation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/268539 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.040 |
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dc.contributor.author | Guan, Yao Yao | - |
dc.contributor.author | Castle, Philip E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Shaoming | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Belinda | - |
dc.contributor.author | Feng, Changyan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ci, Puwa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Xue | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gravitt, Patti | - |
dc.contributor.author | Qiao, You Lin | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-25T08:00:00Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-25T08:00:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2012, v. 88, n. 7, p. 490-494 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1368-4973 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/268539 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To assess the acceptability of using self-collection as a method of sampling for human papilloma virus testing in rural China. Methods: 174 women from the national cervical cancer screening programme in Xiangyuan County, China, were enrolled in our study and underwent self-collection, clinician collection, colposcopy examination and were administered questionnaire. The questionnaire assessed the patients' preference and acceptability of collection method. Results: The mean overall acceptability score for self-collection, although significantly less than the overall score for clinician collection (p<0.01), still is well above 4 (4.33 of 5), indicating high acceptability. The acceptability scores for self-collection and clinician collection were not significantly different on scales measuring comfort and convenience (p>0.05). The scores were significantly lower for self-collection on scales measuring trust, ability to collect specimen and perceived effects of testing compared with clinician collection (p<0.01). 74% of participants preferred clinician collection, and of these participants, 86% preferred it because they thought the results were more accurate. Conclusions: The study shows that self-collection was highly acceptable and that self-collection and clinician collection were equally comfortable and convenient; however, the participants still preferred clinician collection because of lack of trust in the results of self-collection. This indicates that self-collection is an acceptable potential method for screening but education programmes about the validity of self-collection that target general population may be needed prior to implementation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sexually Transmitted Infections | - |
dc.title | A cross-sectional study on the acceptability of self-collection for HPV testing among women in rural China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050477 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22645391 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84871370419 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 88 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 490 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 494 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1472-3263 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000311292100007 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1368-4973 | - |