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ABSTRACT: Objectives
This study aimed to identify cognitive-affective predictors of adherence to initial diagnostic colposcopy and 6-month follow-up recommendations among underserved women.Methods
A secondary data analysis was completed of a randomized clinical trial assessing tailored telephone counseling for colposcopy adherence after an abnormal screening Pap smear among 210 underserved inner-city women.Results
Adherence to initial diagnostic colposcopy was significantly associated with greater self-efficacy (OR=1.504, 95% CI 1.021-2.216). Women with lower monitoring attentional style had significantly greater adherence to 6-month follow-up recommendations compared to women with higher monitoring scores (OR=0.785, 95% CI 0.659-0.935).Conclusion
Increasing cervical cancer-related self-efficacy and tailoring cervical cancer risk communication to monitoring attentional style may help improve adherence to follow-up recommendations after an abnormal Pap smear test result.Practice implications
Future research is needed to develop and implement psychosocial approaches to improving adherence to diagnostic colposcopy and follow-up recommendations adherence among underserved women.
SUBMITTER: Miller SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5466500 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Suzanne M SM Tagai Erin K EK Wen Kuang-Yi KY Lee Minsun M Hui Siu-Kuen Azor SA Kurtz Deirdre D Scarpato John J Hernandez Enrique E
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<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to identify cognitive-affective predictors of adherence to initial diagnostic colposcopy and 6-month follow-up recommendations among underserved women.<h4>Methods</h4>A secondary data analysis was completed of a randomized clinical trial assessing tailored telephone counseling for colposcopy adherence after an abnormal screening Pap smear among 210 underserved inner-city women.<h4>Results</h4>Adherence to initial diagnostic colposcopy was significantly associa ...[more]