Who defaults from colposcopy? A multi-centre, population-based, prospective cohort study of predictors of non-attendance for follow-up among women with low-grade abnormal cervical cytology

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Sharp, Linda ^a   Cotton, Seonaidh ^b   Thornton, Alison ^b   Gray, Nicola ^b   Cruickshank, Margaret ^b   Whynes, David ^c   Duncan, Ian ^d   Hammond, Robert ^e   Smart, Louise ^f   Little, Julian ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormal cervical cytology; Cervical screening; Colposcopy; Default; Non attendance

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84870301199     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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