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To identify predictors of non-attendance, opportunistic attendance, and reminder-prompted attendance among women invited to an organized cervical cancer screening program.

April 26, 2011BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Factors associated with non-attendance, opportunistic attendance and reminded attendance to cervical screening in an organized screening program: a cross-sectional study of 12,058 Norwegian women

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BHBo T. HansenNorwegian Institute of Public Health SHSilje HukkelbergGK (Norway)THTor HaldorsenCancer Registry of Norway

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Cross-sectional study reveals screening awareness and reproductive health factors predict cervical screening participation in women, suggesting public education could improve attendance.

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To identify predictors of non-attendance, opportunistic attendance, and reminder-prompted attendance among women invited to an organized cervical cancer screening program.
Linked lifestyle and health questionnaire data with the Norwegian Co-ordinated Cervical Cancer Screening Program cytology registry for 12,058 women aged 25–45 (68% response rate).
Monitored attendance over four years, categorizing women as non-attendees, opportunistic attendees, or reminded attendees.
Identified independent predictors of attendance status using multivariate logistic regression models.
Screening attendance was positively associated with awareness of recommended screening intervals, prior sexually transmitted infections, use of hormonal contraceptives or condoms, cohabitation, non-smoking, and parity.
Reminded attendees were more likely to be older and aware of cervical screening guidelines than opportunistic attendees, but were less likely to report prior sexually transmitted infections or hormonal contraceptive use.
Educational level had no statistically significant association with screening attendance in fully adjusted analyses.

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Hansen et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a910b337e3f32141373ceec https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-264

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Cross-sectional study reveals screening awareness and reproductive health factors predict cervical screening participation in women, suggesting public education could improve attendance.

Factors associated with non-attendance, opportunistic attendance and reminded attendance to cervical screening in an organized screening program: a cross-sectional study of 12,058 Norwegian women

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Factors associated with non-attendance, opportunistic attendance and reminded attendance to cervical screening in an organized screening program: a cross-sectional study of 12,058 Norwegian women

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