Acceptability of self-collected vaginal samples for HPV testing in an urban and rural population of Madagascar

Objective: To evaluate the acceptability of self-collected vaginal samples for HPV testing in women living in rural and urban areas of Madagascar. Materials and Methods: Participants were recruited in a health care center (urban group) and smaller affiliated dispensaries (rural group). They were inv...

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Published in:African health sciences 2015-09, Vol.15 (3), p.755-761
Main Authors: Broquet, Céline, Triboullier, Deborah, Untiet, Sarah, Schafer, Sonja, Petignat, Patrick, Vassilakos, Pierre
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Cervical cancer
Diagnostic tests
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Madagascar - epidemiology
Madagascar, HPV DNA Tests, Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification
Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis
Papillomavirus Infections - virology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Research methodology
Rural areas
Rural Population
Samples
Self Care - methods
Self Care - psychology
Socioeconomic Factors
Specimen Handling - methods
Statistical analysis
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban areas
Urban Population
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology
Vaginal Smears - methods
Viruses
Womens health
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the acceptability of self-collected vaginal samples for HPV testing in women living in rural and urban areas of Madagascar. Materials and Methods: Participants were recruited in a health care center (urban group) and smaller affiliated dispensaries (rural group). They were invited to perform unsupervised self-sampling for HPV testing and to answer a questionnaire on socio-demographic information, cervical cancer knowledge and self-sampling acceptability. Results: A total of 300 women were recruited. Median age was 44.1 years (range 29-65 years) in the urban group and 40.9 years (range 29-65 years) in the rural group. Urban women had improved knowledge on HPV, cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening (p
ISSN:1680-6905
1729-0503
1680-6905
DOI:10.4314/ahs.v15i3.8