Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England
Conditions
Interventions
Women aged 28-64 who are at least 6 months overdue their smear will be flagged in the EMIS electronic patient record system at GP surgeries. GPs, nurses and healthcare practitioners will be asked to o
Sponsors
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Women aged 28-64 years who are eligible for cervical screening and are at least 6 months overdue (i.e. no cervical cytology recorded in the GP records in the past 3.5 years if aged 28-49 or 5.5 years if aged women 50-64)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women unable to provide informed consent (e.g. because of learning difficulties) 2. Women whose command of English is not sufficient to obtain informed consent 3. Women in whom cervical screening is inappropriate, for example because they are pregnant or terminally ill
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women who return a self-collected sample for HPV testing measured at the end of the study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Proportion of women who are found to have cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Timepoint(s): End of study 2. Proportion of women who are found to test HPV positive; Timepoint(s): End of study | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed