Patient Compliance to Self-collection for Detection of HPV-DNA
Patient Compliance to Self-collection for Detection of HPV-DNA
A study to investigate the compliance of unassisted women to self-collection of specimens for
 Hybrid Capture (HC) for detection of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) DNA compared to Pap smear
 collection by medical personnel, as screening method to identify precursor lesions of
 cervical cancer.
Women living in the community of the Morro dos Macacos, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, were
 randomly allocated for self-collection of specimens for HC II for detection of HPV-DNA or to
 Pap smear collection by medical personnel, as screening method to identify precursor lesions
 of cervical cancer.

 The compliance was measured by the delivery of the specimen obtained by self-collection or to
 attend to a visit at the community health center to be submitted to Pap smear collection,
 within a week.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Women between 25-59 years-old

 -  Not pregnant

 -  Had held their last Pap smear for over a year

 -  Could read.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Women with previous hysterectomy

 -  History of cervical cancer or its precursors

 -  Bearers of some state of chronic immunosuppression (such as HIV ou autoimmune
 diseases)

 -  Those who underwent self-collection of their specimen during menstrual period