Table 3. Acceptability of Tampon-Collection Compared to Clinician-Collection for hrHPV mRNA Testing.

	Tampon—Collection	Clinician-Collection
Acceptability Measure*	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p-value
How well cared for did you feel?	1.14 (0.44)	1.04 (0.27)	<0.001
How well was your privacy handled during the test?	1.01 (0.10)	1.02 (0.27)	0.62
Did you feel embarrassed?	1.09 (0.48)	1.13 (0.45)	0.17
Did the test cause you any genital discomfort?	1.35 (0.62)	1.32 (0.58)	0.54
Did the test cause you any genital pain?	1.14 (0.38)	1.17 (0.41)	0.36

*Range from 1 to 5, 1 = most favorable and 5 = least favorable