Open AccessAdherence to Colposcopy Among Women With HIV Infection
Author(s) -
Helen E. Cejtin,
Eugene Komaroff,
L. Stewart Massad,
Abner P. Korn,
Julie Berg Schmidt,
Debra Eisenberger-Matityahu,
Elizabeth A. Stier
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/00126334-199911010-00005
Subject(s) - colposcopy , medicine , logistic regression , population , cohort , odds ratio , obstetrics , cohort study , gynecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , odds , cervical cancer , immunology , cancer , environmental health
In the general population, nonadherence to the recommendation to have colposcopy in women with abnormal cytologic smears is estimated at 30% to 80%, but studies have failed to identify consistent risk factors for nonadherence. The purpose of this analysis is to assess adherence to colposcopy in a subset of participants in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), an ongoing multisite longitudinal study of HIV infection in women in the United States and determine factors associated with nonadherence. Identification of such predictors would be useful in designing strategies to improve adherence in this group.