Women with inflammatory bowel diseases have a suboptimal cervical cancer screening rate and are not aware of the recommended human papilloma virus vaccine.
Gynecol Endocrinol
; 34(8): 656-658, 2018 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29475388
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to assess the self-reported cervical cancer screening rate among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and patient attitude towards human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination. A self-designed survey was conducted in hospitalized IBD patients. The survey comprised demographic data, questions regarding cervical smear test frequency and vaccinations recommended for an IBD patient. Randomly, patients completed the survey with a physician present to determine question comprehension. In order to provide test-retest reliability a group of 10 patients completed it twice. Survey data from 150 IBD patients (mean age 36 years, SD ± 13; mean IBD duration 10 years, SD ± 6.5) were analyzed. Fifteen percent of the patients reported irregular cervical testing and 15% do not remember when having had a previous cervical testing performed. Only 69% of the patients undergo testing regularly; 30% annually, 32% every 2-3 years; 7% every 5 years. The mean age of patients tested regularly was 22 years, vs. 32 years tested irregularly (p < .001). Only 10% of women claimed that HPV vaccine is recommended for an IBD patient. There is a low adherence to the recommendations regarding cervical cancer screening and prophylaxis. Better multi-disciplinary cooperation between patients and physicians is required to improve patient education and outcomes.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
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Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Mass Screening
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Papillomavirus Vaccines
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Gynecol Endocrinol
Journal subject:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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GINECOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Polonia