Accuracy of women's self-report of their last Pap smear.
Year: 1989
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: We compared interview data and physician records on when women last had a Pap smear in a sample of 98 rural Black women. We found 20 per cent of women could not accurately report on whether a Pap smear had been done within three years (sensitivity = 0.95, specificity = 0.47). Source of gynecological care and perceived barriers to obtaining a Pap smear but not education were associated with inaccurate reports. Self-report may be a misleading measure of Pap smear screening in comparable groups of women.
Authors: J A Sawyer, J A Earp, R H Fletcher, F F Daye, T M Wynn
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2034552190