title: Accuracy of women's self-report of their last Pap smear.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Earp
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Daye
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wynn
mesh_terms: 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