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Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda
Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries. Women in Rwanda have high rates of cervical cancer due to limited access to effective screening methods. Research in other low-resource settings similar to Rwanda has shown that HPV-based self-collection is...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10538759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37768884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002135 |
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author | Nair, Varun Dau, Hallie Vidler, Marianne AboMoslim, Maryam Mutamba, Barbra Scott, McKerron Nesbitt, Zoey Deodatha, John Byiringiro, Schadrack Danson Niyotwiringiye, Charles Mithani, Nadia Smith, Laurie Ogilvie, Gina Rulisa, Stephen |
author_facet | Nair, Varun Dau, Hallie Vidler, Marianne AboMoslim, Maryam Mutamba, Barbra Scott, McKerron Nesbitt, Zoey Deodatha, John Byiringiro, Schadrack Danson Niyotwiringiye, Charles Mithani, Nadia Smith, Laurie Ogilvie, Gina Rulisa, Stephen |
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description | Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries. Women in Rwanda have high rates of cervical cancer due to limited access to effective screening methods. Research in other low-resource settings similar to Rwanda has shown that HPV-based self-collection is an effective cervical cancer screening method. This study aims to compare the preferences of Rwandan women in urban and rural settings toward self-collection and to report on factors related to self-collection amenability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from June 1–9, 2022. Women were recruited from one urban and one rural clinic in Rwanda. Women were eligible for the study if they were ≥ 18 years and spoke Kinyarwanda or English. The survey consisted of 51 questions investigating demographics and attitudes towards self-collection for cervical cancer screening. We reported descriptive statistics stratified by urban and rural sites. In total, 169 urban and 205 rural women completed the survey. The majority of respondents at both sites had a primary school or lower education and were in a relationship. Both urban and rural respondents were open to self-collection; however, rates were higher in the rural site (79.9% urban and 95.6% rural; p-value<0.001). Similarly, women in rural areas were more likely to report feeling unembarrassed about self-collection (65.3% of urban, 76.8% of rural; p-value<0.001). Notably, almost all urban and rural respondents (97.6% urban and 98.5% rural) stated they would go for a cervical cancer pelvic examination to a nearby health center if their self-collected results indicated any concern (p-value = 0.731). Rwandan women in both urban and rural areas largely support self-collection for cervical cancer screening. Further research is needed to better understand how to implement self-collection screening services in Rwanda. |
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spelling | pubmed-105387592023-09-29 Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda Nair, Varun Dau, Hallie Vidler, Marianne AboMoslim, Maryam Mutamba, Barbra Scott, McKerron Nesbitt, Zoey Deodatha, John Byiringiro, Schadrack Danson Niyotwiringiye, Charles Mithani, Nadia Smith, Laurie Ogilvie, Gina Rulisa, Stephen PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries. Women in Rwanda have high rates of cervical cancer due to limited access to effective screening methods. Research in other low-resource settings similar to Rwanda has shown that HPV-based self-collection is an effective cervical cancer screening method. This study aims to compare the preferences of Rwandan women in urban and rural settings toward self-collection and to report on factors related to self-collection amenability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from June 1–9, 2022. Women were recruited from one urban and one rural clinic in Rwanda. Women were eligible for the study if they were ≥ 18 years and spoke Kinyarwanda or English. The survey consisted of 51 questions investigating demographics and attitudes towards self-collection for cervical cancer screening. We reported descriptive statistics stratified by urban and rural sites. In total, 169 urban and 205 rural women completed the survey. The majority of respondents at both sites had a primary school or lower education and were in a relationship. Both urban and rural respondents were open to self-collection; however, rates were higher in the rural site (79.9% urban and 95.6% rural; p-value<0.001). Similarly, women in rural areas were more likely to report feeling unembarrassed about self-collection (65.3% of urban, 76.8% of rural; p-value<0.001). Notably, almost all urban and rural respondents (97.6% urban and 98.5% rural) stated they would go for a cervical cancer pelvic examination to a nearby health center if their self-collected results indicated any concern (p-value = 0.731). Rwandan women in both urban and rural areas largely support self-collection for cervical cancer screening. Further research is needed to better understand how to implement self-collection screening services in Rwanda. Public Library of Science 2023-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10538759/ /pubmed/37768884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002135 Text en © 2023 Nair et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nair, Varun Dau, Hallie Vidler, Marianne AboMoslim, Maryam Mutamba, Barbra Scott, McKerron Nesbitt, Zoey Deodatha, John Byiringiro, Schadrack Danson Niyotwiringiye, Charles Mithani, Nadia Smith, Laurie Ogilvie, Gina Rulisa, Stephen Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title | Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title_full | Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title_fullStr | Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title_short | Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda |
title_sort | understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural rwanda |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10538759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37768884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002135 |
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