Experience and acceptability for HPV self-sampling among women in Jiangsu province, China: a cross-sectional survey

IMPACT STATEMENT Cancer screening and can be an alternative primary screening for cervical cancer. center dot What the results of this study add? This study adds new findings about Chinese women's experience and acceptability of HPV self-sampling. We found that most women had high acceptability for HPV self-sampling in Jiangsu province, China, and high knowledge about HPV as well as good center dot What is already known on this subject? HPV self-sampling testing was proven to be useful for improving the uptake rate of cervical experience of self-sampling can improve the acceptability for self-sampling in women. center dot What the implications are of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? Further research should assess the acceptability of women with less education or who never screened. This aim of this study was to investigate women's knowledge about HPV along with their experience and acceptability of self-sampling in Jiangsu province, China. A total of 862 women aged 25-63 years old from Jiangsu province who purchased an HPV self-sampling test kit were invited to complete a questionnaire designed by the authors. Participants had high acceptability for HPV self-sampling with a mean score of 4.2 (95% [CI], 4.1-4.22) out of 5 points. 27% of participants preferred clinician-sampling, 33% preferred self-sampling, other 40% expressed no preference. Women with good knowledge about HPV and with a good experience with HPV self-sampling were more acceptable for self-sampling (P < 0.05). The biggest concern about HPV self-sampling of the participants includes 'specimens' spoilage', 'incorrect sampling', 'can't get results in time', and so on. HPV self-sampling can be used to improve cervical cancer screening coverage and participation rates in China.