Accuracy of women's self-report of their last Pap smear.
We compared interview data and physician records on when women last had a Pap smear in a sample of 98 rural Black women. We found 20 per cent of women could not accurately report on whether a Pap smear had been done within three years (sensitivity = 0.95, specificity = 0.47). Source of gynecological care and perceived barriers to obtaining a Pap smear but not education were associated with inaccurate reports. Self-report may be a misleading measure of Pap smear screening in comparable groups of women.
Sawyer
J A
JA
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Earp
J A
JA
Fletcher
R H
RH
Daye
F F
FF
Wynn
T M
TM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010808:Physical Examination; D012423:Rural Health; D013997:Time Factors; D014626:Vaginal Smears