Table 1. Cervical cancer screening coverage at baseline, those referring a private gynecologist and rescued coverage post intervention and final population coverage attained by intervention groups and the control group at five and a half years*.
| IG1 | IG2 | IG3 | TOTAL IGs | CONTROL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| TARGET POPULATION | 8504 | 100 | 7842 | 100 | 10398 | 100 | 26744 | 100 | 4694 | 100 |
| BASELINE COVERAGE | 4771 | 56.1 | 4568 | 58.3 | 4939 | 47.5 | 14278 | 53.4 | 2615 | 55.7 |
| STUDY TARGET POPULATION | 4197 | 49.3 | 3601 | 45.9 | 6088 | 58.5 | 13886 | 51.9 | 2079 | 44.3 |
| PRIVATE SCREENING | 778 | 9.1 | 649 | 8.2 | 1435 | 13.8 | 2862 | 10.7 | NK | |
| RESCUED& | 1578 | 18.6 | 1367 | 17.4 | 2396 | 23.0 | 5341 | 20.0 | 428 | 9.1 |
| Increased coverage$ | 27.8% | 26.2% | 37.3% | 31.0% | 9% | |||||
| FINAL COVERAGE | 7127 | 83.8 | 6584 | 84.0 | 8770 | 84.4 | 22481 | 84.1 | 3043 | 64.8 |
| LOST TO FOLLOW UP | 1377 | 16.1 | 1258 | 16.0 | 1628 | 15.7 | 4263 | 15.9 | NK | |
| P value heterogeneity test in final coverage & lost to follow up | P = 0.5807 | NA | ||||||||
| P value heterogeneity test in rescue & target population | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | ||||||||
NK = Unknown NA = Not applicable. All percentages are referred to the Target Population.
& = For control group attendance to screening was opportunistic.
$ = Weighted coverage by age structure of IGs.
*The table excludes 1420 women because of hysterectomy for benign reasons, changes of residence and death.