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Published in final edited form as: J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2021 Fall;14(3):25–56.

Table 1.

Summary Table of Studies, Study Population, Study Design, and Barriers/Facilitators to Pap Testing in Women with Disabilities and Women with SMI

Citation Study population Study Design Barriers Facilitators
Ind. Int. Org. Ind. Int. Org.
Armour, B. S., Thierry, J. M., & Wolf, L. A. (2009). State-level differences in breast and cervical cancer screening by disability status: United States, 2008. Women’s Health Issues: Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 19(6), 406–414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2009.08.006 Disability (Definition from Healthy People 2010) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2008) X X
Asgary, R., Naderi, R., & Wisnivesky, J. (2017). Opt-out patient navigation to improve breast and cervical cancer screening among homeless women. Journal of Women’s Health, 26(9), 999–1003. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2016.6066 Homeless women (Serious mental illness) Quantitative; Cross-sectional X X X
Bartels, S. J., Pratt, S. I., Mueser, K. T., Forester, B. P., Wolfe, R., Cather, C., Xie, H., McHugo, G. J., Bird, B., Aschbrenner, K. A., Naslund, J. A., & Feldman, J. (2014). Long-term outcomes of a randomized trial of integrated skills training and preventive healthcare for older adults with serious mental illness. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(11), 1251–1261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.04.013 Serious mental illness (Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression) Quantitative; Randomized Control Trial X
Chan, L., Doctor, J. N., MacLehose, R. F., Lawson, H., Rosenblatt, R. A., Baldwin, L. M., & Jha, A. (1999). Do Medicare patients with disabilities receive preventive services? A population-based study. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 80(6), 642–646. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-9993(99)90166-1 Disability (Health-related difficulties in ADL) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 1995) X
Chevarley, F. M., Thierry, J. M., Gill, C. J., Ryerson, A. B., & Nosek, M. A. (2006). Health, preventive health care, and health care access among women with disabilities in the 1994–1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability. Women’s Health Issues: Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 16(6), 297–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2006.10.002 Disability (Functional limitation status) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 1994–1995) X X
Drew, J. A. R., & Short, S. E. (2010). Disability and pap smear receipt among U.S. Women, 2000 and 2005. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 42(4), 258–266. https://doi.org/10.1363/4225810 Disability (WHO Classification of Functioning, Disability) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 2000 and 2005) X X X
Froehlich-Grobe, K., Shropshire, W. C., Zimmerman, H., Van Brunt, J., & Betts, A. (2016). Reach of the Montana Cancer Control Program to women with disabilities. Journal of Community Health, 41(3), 650–657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-015-0141-y Disability (Six disability types measured in American Community Survey) Quantitative; Cross-sectional X
Horner-Johnson, W., Dobbertin, K., Andresen, E. M., & Iezzoni, L. I. (2014). Breast and cervical cancer screening disparities associated with disability severity. Women’s Health Issues, 24(1), 147–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2013.10.009 Disability (Activities limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002–2008) X X X
Horner-Johnson, W., Dobbertin, K., & Iezzoni, L. I. (2015). Disparities in receipt of breast and cervical cancer screening for rural women age 18 to 64 with disabilities. Women’s Health Issues: Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 25(3), 246–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2015.02.004 Disability (Presence of limitations in basic actions involving physical functions, vision, hearing, or cognition) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Cross-sectional, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2002–2008) X X X
Iezzoni, L. I., Kurtz, S. G., & Rao, S. R. (2016). Trends in pap testing over time for women with and without chronic disability. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 50(2), 210–219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.06.031 Disability (Action difficulties) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 1998–2010) X X
Iezzoni, L., McCarthy, E., Davis, R. B., & Siebens, H. (2000). Mobility impairments and use of screening and preventive services. American Journal of Public Health, 90(6), 955–961. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.90.6.955 Disability (Self-reported mobility problems) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 1994) X X
Jamoom, E. W., Andresen, E. M., Neugaard, B., & McKune, S. L. (2008). The effect of caregiving on preventive care for people with disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 1(1), 51–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2007.11.005 Disability (Self-reported activity limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000–2001) X X
Kelly, P. J., Allison, M., & Ramaswamy, M. (2018). Cervical cancer screening among incarcerated women. PloS One, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199220 Serious mental illness (Mental illness, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or bipolar disease) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis X
Lavela, S. L., Weaver, F. M., Smith, B., & Chen K. (2006). Disease prevalence and use of preventive services: Comparison of female veterans in general and those with spinal cord injuries and disorders. Journal of Women’s Health, 15(3), 301–311. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2006.15.301 Disability (Spinal cord injuries and disorders, Multiple Sclerosis not included) Quantitative; Cross-sectional X
Linton, K., Rueda, H., Williams, L., Sandoval, A., & Bolin, S. (2016). Reproductive and sexual healthcare needs among adults with disabilities as perceived by social workers. Sexuality & Disability, 34(2), 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-015-9416-6 Disability (Intellectual, developmental, physical, emotional, and mental impairments) Qualitative; one-on-one interviews X X X X
Liu, S. Y., & Clark, M. A. (2008). Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among disabled women aged 40–75: Does quality of the experience matter? Journal of Women’s Health (2002), 17(8), 1321–1329. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2007.0591 Disability (Self-reported disability) Quantitative; Cross Sectional Survey (Cancer Screening Project for Women, 2003–2005) X X X X
Long, H. L., Tulsky, J. P., Chambers, D. B., Alpers, L. S., Robertson, M. J., Moss, A. R., & Chesney, M. A. (1998). Cancer screening in homeless women: Attitudes and behaviors. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 9(3), 276–292. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2010.0070 Homeless women (SMI: serious mental health history, serious mental health treatment; medication and hospitalization) Qualitative; one-on-one structured interviews X X
Martin, S., Orlowski, M., & Ellison, S. A. (2013). Sociodemographic predictors of cervical cancer screening in women with a medical disability. Social Work in Public Health, 28(6), 583–590. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2013.774253 Disability (Medically diagnosis of disability) Quantitative; Cross-sectional (Chart abstraction) X
McRee, A.-L., Haydon, A. A., & Halpern, C. T. (2010). Reproductive health of young adults with physical disabilities in the U.S. Preventive Medicine, 51(6), 502–504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.09.006 Disability (Physical disability) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, 1994–1995 and 2001–2002) X
Nosek, M., & Gill, C. (1998). Use of cervical and breast cancer screening among women with and without functional limitations—United States, 1994–1995. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 47(40), 853–856. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00055280.htm Disability (Functional limitation) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 1994) X X X
Parish, S. L., Swaine, J. G., Son, E., & Luken, K. (2013). Determinants of cervical cancer screening among women with intellectual disabilities: Evidence from medical records. Public Health Reports, 128(6), 519–526. https://doi.org/10.1177/003335491312800611 Disability (Intellectual disability) Quantitative; Retrospective study (Medical records 2006–2010) X X X
Peterson, J. J., Suzuki, R., Walsh, E. S., Buckley, D. I., & Krahn, G. L. (2012). Improving cancer screening among women with mobility impairments: Randomized controlled trial of a participatory workshop intervention. American Journal of Health Promotion, 26(4), 212–216. https://doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.100701-ARB-226 Disability (Mobility impairments) Quantitative; Randomized control trial X X X
Pharr, J. R., & Bungum, T. (2012). Health disparities experienced by people with disabilities in the United States: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System study. Global Journal of Health Science, 4(6), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p99 Disability (Self-reported activity limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2010) X
Ramirez, A., Farmer, G. C., Grant, D., & Papachristou, T. (2005). Disability and preventive cancer screening: Results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 95(11), 2057–2064. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2005.066118 Disability (Physical, mental, and/or combined limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (California Health Interview Survey, 2001) X X
Salsberry, P. J., Chipps, E., & Kennedy, C. (2005). Use of general medical services among Medicaid patients with severe and persistent mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 56(4), 458–462. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.458 Serious mental illness (Schizophrenic, affective, paranoid, and anxiety disorders) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Medicaid claims, 1996, 1997, 1998) X
Steele, C. B., Townsend, J. S., Courtney-Long, E. A., & Young, M. (2017). Prevalence of cancer screening among adults with disabilities, United States, 2013. Preventing Chronic Disease, 14(E09). https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160312 Disability (Serious functional limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (National Health Interview Survey, 2013) X X X
Steinberg, A. G., Wiggins, E. A., Barmada, C. H., & Sullivan, V. J. (2002). Deaf women: Experiences and perceptions of healthcare system access. Journal of Women’s Health, 11(8), 729–741. https://doi.org/10.1089/15409990260363689 Disability (Deaf women) Qualitative, focus groups X X X X
Steiner, J. L., Hoff, R. A., Moffett, C., Reynolds, H., Mitchell, M., & Rosenheck, R. (1998). Preventive health care for mentally ill women. Psychiatric Services, 49(5), 696–698. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.5.696 Serious mental illness Quantitative; Cross-sectional X
Wei, W., Findley, P. A., & Sambamoorthi, U. (2006). Disability and receipt of clinical preventive services among women. Women’s Health Issues, 16(6), 286–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2006.09.002 Disability (Self-reported limitations) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Medical Expenditure Survey, 1999–2002) X X X
Xiang, X. (2015). Serious psychological distress as a barrier to cancer screening among women. Women’s Health Issues, 25(1), 49–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2014.09.001 Serious mental illness (Serious psychological distress) Quantitative; Secondary data analysis (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2007, 2009, and 2011) X X X
Xiong, G. L., Bermudes, R. A., Torres, S. N., & Hales, R. E. (2008). Use of cancer-screening services among persons with serious mental illness in Sacramento County. Psychiatric Services, 59(8), 929–932. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2008.59.8.929 Serious mental illness (Participants from mental health clinics) Quantitative; Cross-sectional; Survey/Interview X
Xiong, G. L., Iosif, A.-M., Suo, S., Mccarron, R. M., Koike, A., Onate, J., & Carter, C. S. (2015). Understanding preventive health screening services use in persons with serious mental illness: How does integrated behavioral health primary care compare? International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 48(4), 279–298. https://doi.org/10.2190/PM.48.4.d Serious mental illness (Psychiatric diagnoses) Quantitative; Cross-sectional X