Why do we continue to take unnecessary smears?

被引：0
作者：
Woodman, CBJ [1 ]
Richardson, J [1 ]
Spence, M [1 ]
机构：
[1] WIGAN & BOLTON HLTH AUTHOR,WIGAN,ENGLAND
来源：
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE | 1997年 / 47卷 / 423期
关键词：
smear tests; questionnaire survey; family planning services;
D O I：
暂无
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
A questionnaire survey of all general practices and family planning doctors in Manchester Health Authority was undertaken to determine why many more smears are taken in primary care than are scheduled by the screening programme. An 82% response rare was obtained. The indications for additional smear tests most frequently cited by responders were postcoital (88%), postmenopausal (84%), or intermenstrual bleeding (55%); genital warts (87%); and multiple sexual partners (52%). Forty-six per cent think that a woman should have a repeat test within one year of her first ever test. We discuss why these are not valid indications for additional smear tests.
引用
收藏
页码：645 / 646
页数：2
相关论文
共 13 条
  • [1] [Anonymous], 1980, CANCER
  • [2] *CAN TASK FORC SCR, 1976, CAN MED ASSOC J, V114, P1003
  • [3] *CANC RES CAMP, 1995, CERV CANC SCREEN
  • [4] COLEMAN DV, 1989, CLIN CYTOTECHNOLOGY
  • [5] HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TESTING IN PRIMARY CERVICAL SCREENING
    CUZICK, J
    SZAREWSKI, A
    TERRY, G
    HO, L
    HANBY, A
    MADDOX, P
    ANDERSON, M
    KOCJAN, G
    STEELE, ST
    GUILLEBAUD, J
    [J]. LANCET, 1995, 345 (8964) : 1533 - 1536
  • [6] DUNCAN I, IN PRESS REVISED GUI
  • [7] METAANALYSIS OF PAP TEST ACCURACY
    FAHEY, MT
    IRWIG, L
    MACASKILL, P
    [J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 1995, 141 (07) : 680 - 689
  • [8] GOVAN ADT, 1985, GYNAECOLOGY ILLUSTRA
  • [9] SELECTIVE SCREENING - THEORY AND PRACTICE BASED ON HIGH-RISK GROUPS OF CERVICAL-CANCER
    HAKAMA, M
    PUKKALA, E
    SAASTAMOINEN, P
    [J]. JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 1979, 33 (04) : 257 - 261
  • [10] *NHS MAN EX, 1993, HLTH SERV GUID, V93, P41
12