Acceptability of cervical cancer screening using visual inspection among women attending a childhood immunization clinic in Uganda

To evaluate the acceptability and performance of cervical cancer (CC) screening using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) integrated into a rural immunization clinic in Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study in rural Uganda. We explored associations between women's characterist...

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Published in:Papillomavirus research 2017-12, Vol.4, p.17-21
Main Authors: Li, Meng, Nyabigambo, Agnes, Navvuga, Patricia, Nuwamanya, Elly, Nuwasiima, Afra, Kaganda, Paschal, Asiimwe, Francis T., Vodicka, Elisabeth, Mugisha, Noleb M., Mukose, Aggrey, Kwesiga, Doris K., Lubinga, Solomon J., Garrison, Louis P., Babigumira, Joseph B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Ambulatory Care Facilities
Colposcopy
Cross-Sectional Studies
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
Female
Humans
Immunization
Mass Screening - methods
Papanicolaou Test
Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis
Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology
Papillomavirus Infections - virology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Pilot Projects
Pregnancy
Sensitivity and Specificity
Uganda - epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology
Vaginal Smears
Visual Fields
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Summary:To evaluate the acceptability and performance of cervical cancer (CC) screening using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) integrated into a rural immunization clinic in Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional pilot study in rural Uganda. We explored associations between women's characteristics and acceptance of VIA testing. We collected samples for Papanicolaou (Pap) smear testing in a random subset of women and used results from this test as a comparator for assessing VIA performance. We enrolled 625 women of whom 571 (91.4%) accepted and 54 (8.6%) refused CC screening. In the univariate model, age (Odds Ratio (OR)=1.10; p-value
ISSN:2405-8521
2405-8521
DOI:10.1016/j.pvr.2017.06.004