title: Low prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology in an institutionalized population with intellectual disability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology in an institutionalized population with intellectual disability.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective review of charts for 162 women at a large state-owned facility was performed. Slides from 310 cervical Papanicolau smears were re-screened by a cytotechnologist and then reviewed by a pathologist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of abnormal cytology (three out of 162 participants) and biopsy confirmed that the prevalence cervical dysplasia (one out of 310 smears) was low.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present preliminary study suggests that further investigation of the optimal interval for cervical cancer screening is warranted in this population.
mesh_terms: D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008403:Mass Screening; D009518:New York; D015995:Prevalence; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears