Testing positive for human papillomavirus in routine cervical screening: Examination of psychosocial impact

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1437-1443

  McCaffery, Kirsten ^a   Waller, Jo ^b   Forrest, Sue ^b   Cadman, Louise ^c   Szarewski, Anne ^c   Wardle, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10844246450     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00279.x     Document Type: Review

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