Assessing the Psychosocial Burden in Women With an Abnormal Pap Results After Screening Interventions

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Papanicolaou Smear

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00520117

2007-024

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the psychosocial burden in women who have experienced an abnormal pap results after screening interventions.

Full description

This study will be a Thailand, clinic-based, cross-sectional, questionnaire study. Approximately 151 female participants will be enrolled. Study staff will interview the subject to collect basis demographic data and self reported medical history. And the subjects will be given the questionnaire packet for self-administration. After subjects complete the packet, study staff will review the questionnaires for completeness prior to the study subject leaving the clinic.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female, between 18 and 45 years of age and must have recently experienced an abnormal pap results within the past 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• has any condition which in the opinion of the investigator might interfere with the evaluation of the study objectives
• has other concurrent/active STD's
• has a history of known prior vaccination with an HPV vaccine
• has a history of recent (within 1 year from date of enrollment) or ongoing alcohol abuse or other drug abuse.

Trial design

151 participants in 2 patient groups

negative pap-smear

positive pap-smear