Correlates of intention-to-attend and confirmed cervical screening attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Findings from Compass-PLUS, a prospective cohort study
Reduced priority of screening and heightened recent anxiety may partly explain indications of lower-than-expected cervical screening rates during the pandemic. It is important that catch-up of missed HPV screens is performed to prevent a possible increase in cancer diagnoses in the long term.
Authors
- Louiza S. Velentzis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9309-0492)
- Karen Canfell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6443-6618)
- Amy Pagotto
- Rhiannon Edge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-0852)
- Deborah Bateson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1035-7110)
- S. Rachel Skinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-9792)
- Jo Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4025-9132)
- Julia Brotherton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-3105)
- Marion Saville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5924-446X)
- Natalie Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0280-0883)
- Chloe J. Jennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-1676)
- Megan A. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-2653)
- Sam Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1808-6909)
- Caitlin Rogers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0816-0287)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Cancer Council NSW (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Preventive Medicine Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2024.102849
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council