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  • Title: [Of what significance is abnormal result of smear test? Anxiety because of insufficient information in connection with abnormal result of cervical smear test].
    Author: Björk S, Hagström HG.
    Journal: Lakartidningen; 2001 Jun 06; 98(23):2796-800. PubMed ID: 11462273.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the study was to investigate possible differences in psychological response between two groups of women after pathological cervical smear tests (CIN I or recurrent CIN I and/or CIN II-III respectively). 43 women participated. A standardised questionnaire was used. In 75 percent of the cases the result was given over the telephone. The number of women who reacted with medium to strong anxiety in the CIN I group (15/22) did not differ from those in the group with CIN II-III (15/21). 45 percent of the women in the CIN I group thought their lesions to be malignant. 64 percent of the women in the CIN I group, as compared to 38 percent of the women in the CIN II-III group, benefitted from the additional information they asked for and received. A majority of the women would have liked more information as well as the opportunity to discuss the findings in a more personal way.
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