Me sentí enfermar”

Percepciones y comprensión de las mujeres del resultado positivo de un test de virus del papiloma humano en Jujuy, Argentina

Bibliographic Data

ID15531014
AuthorsLucila Szwarc (0000-0003-4742-7696, Center for the Study of State and Society, corresponding author), Victoria Sánchez Antelo (0000-0003-4892-0394, Center for the Study of State and Society), Melisa Paolino (0000-0002-8649-1570, Center for the Study of State and Society), Silvina Arrossi (0000-0002-5071-0938, Center for the Study of State and Society)
Year2021
Volume17
Pagese3572-e3572
Publication date2021-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
PublisherInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2021.3572
PMID34752024
OpenAlexW3195503885
LanguageCA
Citations received1
References cited9

With the purpose of analyzing women's perceptions and classifying their modes of understanding a positive human papillomavirus (HPV+) test, we conducted 38 in-depth interviews with women who had received an HPV diagnosis (normal and abnormal Pap smear), screened in Jujuy's public health system in 2016. A typology based on women's understandings of the result was developed: 1) understanding; 2) lack of understanding; a) underestimation; b) overestimation; c) confusion. The interviewees who experienced confusion over the results reported contradictory perceptions in relation to a positive HPV test and its severity; those who underestimated it tended to mention the absence of symptoms and expressed little concern over the result; while those who overestimated it considered themselves sick and described concern, narrating a biographical disruption and physical pain. These findings confirm the need to improve the delivery of results and the provision of information in order to decrease psychosocial impact and increase follow-up adherence in HPV-positive women

Art · Confusion · Gynecology · Human papillomavirus · Humanities · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Test (biology · Typology · Demography · Gender, Health, and Social Inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Public Health and Environmental Issues · Public Health and Social Inequalities · Internal Medicine

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