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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2015 Apr;19(2):119–123. doi: 10.1097/LGT.0000000000000081

Table 1.

Clinic attributes and attribute options used to compose choice questions

Attribute Attribute options
Screening modality Gynecologic exam and visual inspection: This is the test currently available. You have to undress for a gynecological exam; the wounds of the cervix are detected by visual inspection.
Gynecologic exam and swab of the cervix collected by a nurse: You have to undress for a gynecological exam; the nurse gently rubs your cervix with a cotton swab to collect some fluid, but does not put vinegar on your cervix; the cotton swab is sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Swab of the virginal privately collected by the woman herself: There is no gynecological exam unless test result is abnormal. You undress, alone in a small room; you introduce a cotton swab in your virginal and rotate it several times to collect fluid; then you remove the swab from the virginal and places it in a small tube; the tube is sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Urine sample privately collected by the woman herself: There is no gynecological exam unless screening result is abnormal. You undress alone in the bathroom; you pee and collect a little amount of urine in a plastic container; the container is sent to the laboratory for analysis.
Nurse taking care of you • A female nurse in her twenties
• A male nurse in his twenties
• A female nurse in her thirties
• A male nurse in his thirties
To discuss screening results with you... Picture: The nurse shows you a picture of how your cervix looks like.
No picture: The nurse does not show you a picture of how your cervix looks like.
Distance of the screening clinic from home 10-minute walk: A mobile screening clinic comes in your neighborhood; you need to walk 10 minutes from home to the clinic.
20-minute walk: You need to walk 20 minutes from home to the nearest screening clinic.
15-minute bus trip: It takes you a 15-minute ride by bus to go from home to the nearest screening clinic.
30-minute bus trip: It takes you a 30-minute ride by bus to go from home to the nearest screening clinic.
Waiting time for results No wait: You do not have to wait at the clinic; the screening result is immediately available.
1-hour wait: You have to wait 1hour at the clinic until your screening result is back.
4-hour wait: You have to wait 4 hours at the clinic until your screening result is back.
• 3-day wait: You have to come back to the clinic 3 days later to learn about your screening result.