Human papillomavirus testing by self-sampling: assessment of accuracy in an unsupervised clinical setting

Author:

Szarewski Anne1,Cadman Louise1,Mallett Susan2,Austin Janet1,Londesborough Philip1,Waller Jo3,Wardle Jane3,Altman Douglas G2,Cuzick Jack1

Affiliation:

1. Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK

2. Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Wolfson College, Linton Road, Oxford OX2 6UD, UK

3. Health Behaviour Unit, Cancer Research UK, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College, London, 2–16 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK

Abstract

Objectives: To compare the performance and acceptability of unsupervised self-sampling with clinician sampling for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types for the first time in a UK screening setting. Setting: Nine hundred and twenty women, from two demographically different centres, attending for routine cervical smear testing Methods: Women performed an unsupervised HPV self-test. Immediately afterwards, a doctor or nurse took an HPV test and cervical smear. Women with an abnormality on any test were offered colposcopy. Results: Twenty-one high-grade and 39 low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CINs) were detected. The sensitivity for high-grade disease (CIN2+) for the self HPV test was 81% (95% confidence interval [CI] 60–92), clinician HPV test 100% (95% CI 85–100), cytology 81% (95% CI 60–92). The sensitivity of both HPV tests to detect high- and low-grade cervical neoplasia was much higher than that of cytology (self-test 77% [95%CI 65–86], clinician test 80% [95% CI 68–88], cytology 48% [95% CI 36–61]). For both high-grade alone, and high and low grades together, the specificity was significantly higher for cytology (greater than 95%) than either HPV test (between 82% and 87%). The self-test proved highly acceptable to women and they reported that the instructions were easy to understand irrespective of educational level. Conclusions: Our results suggest that it would be reasonable to offer HPV self-testing to women who are reluctant to attend for cervical smears. This approach should now be directly evaluated among women who have been non-attenders in a cervical screening programme.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy

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