Participation in a Swedish cervical cancer screening program among women with psychiatric diagnoses: a population-based cohort study
Journal article, 2019
In Sweden, organized screening programs have significantly reduced the incidence of cervical cancer. For cancers overall, however, women with psychiatric diagnoses have lower survival rates than other women. This study explores whether women with psychiatric diagnoses participate in cervical cancer screening programs to a lesser extent than women on average, and whether there are disparities between psychiatric diagnostic groups based on grades of severity.
Cervical cancer screening participation
Pap test
Author
Erik Eriksson
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Service Management and Logistics
Malena Lau
Claes Jönsson
University of Gothenburg
Chenyang Zhang
Regional Cancer Centre West
Lise Lotte Risö Bergerlind
Regional Knowledge Centre for Mental Health
Junmei Miao Jonasson
University of Gothenburg
Björn Strander
University of Gothenburg
Regional Cancer Centre West
BMC Public Health
14712458 (eISSN)
Vol. 19 313 1-6 313Subject Categories
General Practice
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Areas of Advance
Life Science Engineering (2010-2018)
DOI
10.1186/s12889-019-6626-3