Psychological burden of testing positive for high-risk human papillomavirus on women with atypical cervical cytology: a prospective study: Burden of HPV positivity
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| Title: | Psychological burden of testing positive for high-risk human papillomavirus on women with atypical cervical cytology: a prospective study: Burden of HPV positivity |
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| Authors: | Lo, SST, Chan, KKL, Tam, KF, Ngan, HYS, Lee, PWH, Kwan, TTC, Cheung, ANY |
| Source: | Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 90:445-451 |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2011. |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Subject Terms: | HPV testing, Adult, Time Factors, atypical cytology, Cytological Techniques, Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis - psychology, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Cervix Uteri, psychology, Alphapapillomavirus, Anxiety, Stress, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cost of Illness, 5. Gender equality, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Mass Screening, Cervix Uteri - pathology - virology, Prospective Studies, Vaginal Smears, Chinese, Psychological - etiology, Papillomavirus Infections, women's health issues, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Stress, Psychological - etiology, Anxiety - etiology, Gynecologic oncology, Tumor Virus Infections, Colposcopy, Alphapapillomavirus - isolation and purification, Hong Kong, Female, Stress, Psychological |
| Description: | To assess the psychological burden of testing positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) on Chinese women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS).Prospective observational study.Five community women's health clinics in Hong Kong.Ethnic Chinese women (n=299) with ASCUS who underwent reflex HPV testing (of whom 142 tested HPV negative and 157 tested HPV positive).Women's psychological condition was assessed by self-administered questionnaires at smear result notification and by structured telephone interviews six months after notification. All women who tested positive for HPV were referred for colposcopy.State anxiety, cervical cancer worry and psychosocial burden.At result notification, the HPV-positive group had significantly higher state anxiety, cervical cancer worry and psychosocial burden than the HPV-negative group (all p |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0001-6349 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01092.x |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21306349 https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01092.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21306349/ https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/139936 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21306349 https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01092.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01092.x http://hdl.handle.net/10722/139936 |
| Rights: | Wiley TDM |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....af0233d9a104baf5c5a3022201df2ce8 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | To assess the psychological burden of testing positive for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) on Chinese women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS).Prospective observational study.Five community women's health clinics in Hong Kong.Ethnic Chinese women (n=299) with ASCUS who underwent reflex HPV testing (of whom 142 tested HPV negative and 157 tested HPV positive).Women's psychological condition was assessed by self-administered questionnaires at smear result notification and by structured telephone interviews six months after notification. All women who tested positive for HPV were referred for colposcopy.State anxiety, cervical cancer worry and psychosocial burden.At result notification, the HPV-positive group had significantly higher state anxiety, cervical cancer worry and psychosocial burden than the HPV-negative group (all p |
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| ISSN: | 00016349 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01092.x |