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Colposcopy attendance and deprivation: A retrospective analysis of 27 193 women in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.
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*EARLY detection of cancer
*COLPOSCOPY
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*DISEASES in women
*CERVICAL cancer
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0007-0920
Abstract
Background:Attendance for cervical screening is socially graded, but little is known about patterns of attendance for colposcopy following an abnormal screening result.Methods:Logistic regression was used to regress colposcopy attendance status for 27 193 women against age and area-level deprivation, adjusting for ethnicity.Results:Colposcopy attendance was high at 8 weeks (89%) and 4 months post-referral (94%) but women living in the most deprived areas were significantly less likely to attend.Conclusions:The high overall attendance rates at colposcopy are encouraging but lower attendance among women in the most income-deprived areas indicates that even when these women attend primary cervical screening, they remain at higher risk of missing out on the benefits of the programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]