Table 3.
Percentage ‘distressed’* for individual psychosexual questions at baseline, 6 mo and 12 mo and by screening result group at baseline
| Have you been worried… | % (n) ‘distressed’ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All women testing HPV‐positive** | HPV‐positive, normal cytology | HPV‐positive, abnormal cytology | HPV persistent | Control group | HPV‐negative | HPV cleared | |||
| Baseline | 6 mo | 12 mo | Baseline | ||||||
| n = 1088 | n = 734 | n = 503 | n = 251 | n = 167 | n = 177 | n = 197 | n = 233 | n = 63 | |
| …whether you should continue having sex? | 16.8 (93) | 7.2 (26) | 9.7 (24) | 18.8 (44) | 18.8 (29) | 12.0 (20) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (1) | 6.6 (4) |
| …others think you have had more sexual partners than you should? | 16.8 (96) | 10.5 (39) | 11.2 (29) | 17.9 (42) | 16.1 (26) | 15.9 (28) | 0 (0) | 1.4 (3) | 9.7 (6) |
| …about whether your test result would have a bad effect on your relationship with your partner? | 18.7 (98) | 10.5 (36) | 9.4 (22) | 20.5 (45) | 16.2 (23) | 18.6 (30) | 1.1 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 12.3 (7) |
| …whether having sex will make the problem worse? | 14.7 (82) | 10.0 (37) | 7.2 (18) | 16.5 (38) | 15.2 (24) | 11.8 (20) | 1.1 (2) | 1.0 (2) | 9.8 (6) |
| … that you could give the problem to a sexual partner? | 27.6 (154) | 18.1 (66) | 16.6 (42) | 28.3 (66) | 26.3 (41) | 27.8 (47) | 2.3 (4) | 0.5 (1) | 16.4 (10) |
| …a sexual partner will think they can catch the problem from you? | 27.2 (150) | 16.5 (60) | 16.6 (41) | 31.0 (72) | 24.3 (37) | 24.6 (41) | 2.9 (5) | 0 (0) | 15.0 (9) |
*
Percentage of women who responded ‘Quite a lot’ or ‘Very much’ on the Likert scale.
**
Includes women in the HPV‐positive, normal cytology, HPV‐positive, abnormal cytology and HPV persistent groups.