Table 2.
Psycho-Estampa scale domains and items (mean. SD. Median). Jujuy, 2015–2016.
| Mean | SD | Median | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain 1: Emotional Symptoms | 2.3 | 0.82 | 2.31 | |
| PSE1 | “When I think about the results of my HPV exam, I feel sick.” | 2.2 | 1.07 | 2.00 |
| PSE2 | “When I think about my HPV exam results, I dońt feel good about my body.” | 2.45 | 1.16 | 3.00 |
| PSE3 | “When I think about my HPV exam results, I feel ashamed.” | 2.4 | 1.22 | 2.00 |
| PSE4 | “When I think about my HPV exam results, I get nervous.” | 2.66 | 1.17 | 3.00 |
| PSE5 | “When I think about my HPV exam results, I feel sad.” | 2.72 | 1.20 | 3.00 |
| PSE6 | “After receiving my HPV exam results, it has been harder for me to concentrate on my daily routine.” | 2.13 | 1.20 | 2.00 |
| PSE7 | “After learning about my results, I dońt sleep as well as before.” | 1.87 | 1.11 | 1.00 |
| PSE8 | “After receiving my HPV test results, Ím afraid that my partner will reject me.” | 2.01 | 1.22 | 1.00 |
| Domain 2: Sexuality | 2.5 | 1.00 | 2.33 | |
| PSE9 | “After receiving my HPV test results, I dońt feel like having sex.” | 2.32 | 1.21 | 2.00 |
| PSE10 | “After receiving my HPV test results, I have sex less frequently.” | 2.42 | 1.29 | 2.00 |
| PSE11 | “After receiving my HPV test results, I worry about infecting my partner during sex.” | 2.76 | 1.23 | 3.00 |
| Domain 3: Uncertainty about information provided by health care workers | 2.14 | 0.73 | 2.25 | |
| PSE12 | “When I think about my HPV exam results, I get angry.” | 2.52 | 1.29 | 3.00 |
| PSE13 | “As a consequence of my HPV results, Ím worried that I wońt be able to get pregnant.” | 2.53 | 1.32 | 3.00 |
| PSE14 | “After receiving my HPV results, I feel uncomfortable asking health workers any questions.” | 2.00 | 1.25 | 1.00 |
| PSE15 | “I thought that the information about HPV that the health workers gave me was confusing.” | 2.07 | 1.18 | 2.00 |
| PSE16 | “When I received my HPV, exam results, I didńt feel comfortable with the way the health workers treated me.” | 1.44 | 0.92 | 1.00 |
| Domain 4: Repercussions on the family | 2.27 | 1.24 | 2.00 | |
| PSE17 | “After receiving my HPV results, Ím afraid that I could infect my children.” | 2.08 | 1.34 | 1.00 |
| PSE18 | “After receiving my positive HPV test results, Ím afraid that at home I might infect other people [women] who use the same bathroom that I do.” | 2.40 | 1.35 | 3.00 |
| Domain 5: Worries about cancer and its treatment | 3.60 | 0.60 | 4.00 | |
| PSE19 | “After receiving my HPV test results, I want to know how I got infected.” | 3.68 | 0.73 | 4.00 |
| PSE20 | “It worries me to know the Human papillomavirus cannot be cured.” | 3.61 | 0.80 | 4.00 |
| PSE21 | “It worries me to know that even though I am infected with the Human papillomavirus. Íve been told that I dońt need to be treated for it.” | 3.30 | 1.07 | 4.00 |
| PSE22 | “Ím worried that I might have cervical cancer.” | 3.81 | 0.61 | 4.00 |