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Quality of care from a patient perspective in population-based cervical cancer screening
- Source :
- Karolinska Institutet
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- In Stockholm, population-based cervical cancer screening is offered free of charge to all women between 23 and 60 years of age. A survey to assess satisfaction with care using a previously validated questionnaire was conducted with 73 women receiving abnormal Pap smear results through the screening program. Thirty-seven women received results of screening within a feasibility project, in which they had extra contact with a midwife prior to receiving standard information and medical follow-up by a gynaecologist. The other 36 women were a matched sample receiving standard information. The results indicate generally high perceptions of quality of care, with particularly high ratings of perceived gynaecological knowledge and medical information provision. Low perceptions of quality were found regarding several aspects of psychosocial care. Higher levels of self-reported psychological well-being were found among the women who had extra midwifery contact. The results indicate that more attention to psychosocial aspects might optimize the screening program.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Population
MEDLINE
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Cervical cancer screening
Midwifery
Abnormal PAP Smear
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Quality of care
education
Quality of Health Care
Gynecology
Vaginal Smears
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Public health
Perspective (graphical)
Hematology
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Oncology
Family medicine
Female
business
Psychosocial
Papanicolaou Test
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0284186X
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....99e20c97d69295750d56f53b7c7c66e0