Feasibility and Acceptability of Offering Self-sampling to Non-attendees in Primary Care
Feasibility and Acceptability of Offering Self-sampling to Non-attendees in Primary Care
The purpose of this study is to determine whether human-papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling
 can be used as a primary screening test for unscreened women.
Women residing in the canton of Geneva, aged between 25 and 69 years, who haven't had a Pap
 test in the last three years, will be invited to participate. Participation to the study will
 be encouraged through public displays, social networks, and medical consultations. Women
 meeting the eligibility criteria will be enrolled in the study. They will be randomized into
 two groups and will receive a home-sent letter, inviting them to either come in for a Pap
 test or to perform and send back the HPV self-sample that they'll receive at their domicile.
 Both groups will also receive a questionnaire, in order to better understand the reasons for
 their previous non-attendance to cervical cancer screening.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  No previous cervical cancer screening test in the last three years

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  pregnancy

 -  previous hysterectomy