Acceptance evaluation of urine self-sampling, vaginal self-sampling and physician sampling in cervical cancer screening

• Published in: Zhōnghuá zhŏngliú zázhì Vol. 43; no. 12; pp. 1282 - 1286
• Main Authors: Xu, H F, Yu, Y Q, Dang, L, Zhao, X L, Wei, M N, Hu, S Y, Zhao, F H, Qiao, Y L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 23.12.2021
• Subjects: Early Detection of Cancer; Female; Humans; Physicians; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis; Self-sampling; Urine; Acceptance; Physician sampling; Cervical cancer
• ISSN: 0253-3766
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20190419-00252

To compare the acceptance of urine self-sampling, vaginal self-sampling and physician sampling in cervical cancer screening. Questionnaire surveys were conducted in women attending cervical cancer screening in Xiangyuan County and Yangcheng County in Shanxi Province from July to November 2015 and from October to December 2018. Both surveys included the following three parts: feelings and acceptance of women in urine self-sampling, vaginal self-sampling and physician sampling, and the ease evaluation of two self-samplings. There were 3 485 questionnaires were collected finally. The proportions of women felt embarrassed in urine self-sampling, vaginal self-sampling and physician sampling were 2.3% (81/3 472), 7.1% (247/3 472) and 8.6% (299/3 472), and 1.3% (46/3 472), 9.7%(3 37/3 472) and 14.9% (518/3 472) of women felt uncomfortable, and 1.0% (35/3 469), 8.5% (295/3 469) and 15.3% (531/3 469) felt pain, and 98.3% (3 334/3 393), 96.3% (3 267/3 393) and 99.0% (3 360/3 393) thought that the sampling were conducte