Women's experience of coping with a positive Pap smear: A register-based study of women with two consecutive Pap smears reported as CIN 1.

• In Sweden approximately 40 000 women receive information annually that their Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test showed dysplasia and about 400 women are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate women 5 years after two consecutive Pap smears diagnosed with mild dysplasia (CIN 1), by describing their experience of receiving information about the results of the smear and how examinations, treatment and follow-up had affected them.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Adaptation

Psychological

Adult

Aged

Aged

80 and over

Anxiety

etiology

psychology

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Life Change Events

Middle Aged

Outcome Assessment (Health Care)

statistics & numerical data

Patient Compliance

psychology

statistics & numerical data

Patient Education as Topic

statistics & numerical data

Registries

statistics & numerical data

Severity of Illness Index

Time Factors

Uterine Cervical Dysplasia

pathology

psychology

therapy

Vaginal Smears

adverse effects

psychology

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