TY - JOUR
T1 - The psychological costs of inadequate cervical smear test results
AU - French, David
AU - Maissi, E
AU - Marteau, TM
PY - 2004/11/9
Y1 - 2004/11/9
N2 - The purpose of the study is to investigate, for the first time, the psychological impact of an inadequate smear test result. A prospective questionnaire design was used, and the setting was a single English cervical screening laboratory. Two groups of women receiving either a normal test result (n=226) or either a first or nonconsecutive inadequate smear test result (n=180) participated. The main outcome measures included State anxiety (STAI) and concern about test result, assessed within 4 weeks of receipt of results, and attendance for a repeat cervical smear within 3 months. Compared to women with normal test results, women with inadequate smear test results had higher state anxiety (P=0.025), were more concerned about their results (P
AB - The purpose of the study is to investigate, for the first time, the psychological impact of an inadequate smear test result. A prospective questionnaire design was used, and the setting was a single English cervical screening laboratory. Two groups of women receiving either a normal test result (n=226) or either a first or nonconsecutive inadequate smear test result (n=180) participated. The main outcome measures included State anxiety (STAI) and concern about test result, assessed within 4 weeks of receipt of results, and attendance for a repeat cervical smear within 3 months. Compared to women with normal test results, women with inadequate smear test results had higher state anxiety (P=0.025), were more concerned about their results (P
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602224
DO - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602224
M3 - Article
C2 - 15534608
VL - 91
SP - 1887
EP - 1892
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
ER -