Knowledge about infection with human papillomavirus: a systematic review

SJ Klug, M Hukelmann, M Blettner - Preventive medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE.: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a necessary cause of cervical cancer and
genital warts. The aim of this systematic literature review was to provide an overview of …

HPV infection in women: psychosexual impact of genital warts and intraepithelial lesions

A Graziottin, A Serafini - The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2009 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Introduction Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most
commonly occurring sexually transmitted viral infection in humans. HPV is a wide family of …

Perceived barriers and benefits to cervical cancer screening in Latin America

I Agurto, A Bishop, G Sanchez, Z Betancourt… - Preventive …, 2004 - Elsevier
Background. This article describes the results of studies on the barriers and benefits of
cervical cancer screening from the perspective of women, men, and health providers in five …

Potential health and economic impact of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to screening programs

SL Kulasingam, ER Myers - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextRecently published results suggest that effective vaccines against cervical cancer—
associated human papillomavirus (HPV) may become available within the next decade …

Testing positive for human papillomavirus in routine cervical screening: examination of psychosocial impact

K McCaffery, J Waller, S Forrest… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine the psychosocial impact of testing positive for high risk human
papillomavirus (HPV) among women attending primary cervical screening. Design Cross …

Psychological impact of human papillomavirus testing in women with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic cervical smear test results: cross sectional questionnaire study

E Maissi, TM Marteau, M Hankins, S Moss, R Legood… - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Objective To describe the psychological impact on women of being tested for human
papillomavirus (HPV) when smear test results are borderline or mildly dyskaryotic. Design …

Estimation of the impact of genital warts on health-related quality of life

S Woodhall, T Ramsey, C Cai, S Crouch, M Jit… - Sexually transmitted …, 2008 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives: One of the two new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines protects against HPV
types 6 and 11, which cause over 95% of genital warts, in addition to protecting against HPV …

The Illness Attitude Scales: a clinimetric index for assessing hypochondriacal fears and beliefs

L Sirri, S Grandi, GA Fava - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2008 - karger.com
Abstract Background: The Illness Attitude Scales (IAS) were developed by Robert Kellner as
a clinimetric index for measuring hypochondriacal fears and beliefs (worry about illness …

The quality of life of patients with genital warts: a qualitative study

GL Mortensen, HK Larsen - BMC Public Health, 2010 - Springer
Background Genital warts, which are caused by infection with human papillomavirus (HPV),
are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in Europe. Although genital warts …

Personal meaning of human papillomavirus and Pap test results in adolescent and young adult women.

JA Kahn, GB Slap, DI Bernstein, AM Tissot… - Health …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: As new cervical cancer screening recommendations are adopted, more
adolescents may learn they are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). The objective of …