Olli Kiviruusu, Klaus Ranta, Maija Lindgren, Henna Haravuori, Yasmina Silén, Sebastian Therman, Jukka Lehtonen, Laura Sares-Jäske, Terhi Aalto-Setälä, Mauri Marttunen, Jaana Suvisaari
Mental health after the COVID-19 pandemic among Finnish youth: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based study
The lancet. Psychiatry
background anal pap smears imperative screening human papillomavirus hpvassociated anal squamous cell cancers particularly patients living human immunodeficiency virus hiv given higher incidence disease selfcollection specimens may favored patients feasible collect increasing screening methods singlecenter observational cohort study single academic medical center infectious diseases clinic october december 2021 aimed improve compliance anal pap collection documentation selfcollected versus physiciancollected well verify selfcollected specimens scs adequate interpretation equivalent physiciancollected specimens pcs additionally aimed evaluate patient provider satisfaction selfcollected anal paps results sixty anal pap smears available evaluation rate documentation collection method selfcollected vs physiciancollected 88 intervention total 75 patients opted selfcollection 3545 78 samples adequate interpretation difference adequacy specimen ability cytopathologist interpret specimen scs pcs conclusion limited prior data suggest selfcollected anal pap specimens adequate interpretation slightly less often pcs small cohort statistically significant difference collection methods satisfaction selfcollection specimens high patients providers additional validation diverselarger clinical settings may helpful support practice