PREDICTORS OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING AMONG INUIT WOMEN IN NUNAVIK
P Brassard, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, CANADA
H Cerigo, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA
F Coutlée, Université de Montréal, Montreal, CANADA
E L Franco, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA
Background: The Canadian circumpolar Inuit population has a higher incidence of cervical cancer than the general population. The majority of cervical cancer cases occur among underscreened women; however no information is available in regards to predictors of screening use among Inuit women of Quebec.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine Pap smear utilization rates and to determine factors associated with time inappropriate use of cervical cancer screening among a cohort of Inuit women from Nunavik.
Methods: We used baseline information collected from a cohort formed between January 2002-December 2007 to study the natural history of HPV among Inuit women in Nunavik. Medical and cervical cancer screening history
was obtained from baseline questionnaire and medical chart reviews. Unconditional logistic regression was used to estimate the odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between having not had a Pap smear
within the previous 3 years and each covariate among women aged 20-69.
Results: A total of 446 women who had complete baseline information were included. The mean age of the study population was 35.5 years. 28.5% of women aged 20-69 had not had a Pap smear within the previous three years
before study entry. Women in the 50-59 years old group showed rates of time inappropriate screening of 61% and reaches 83% in the 60-69 age group. Predictors of not having had a Pap smear within the previous 3 years were age
(per 10 years) (AOR: 1.79, 95% CI:1.4-2.4) and use of birth control (AOR:0.51, 95% CI:0.3-0.9).
Conclusions: Increasing age is associated with reduced uptake of cervical cancer screening, which is of concern as the prevalence of high risk HPV among women 50 years and older is high in this population. Strategies to reach this age group may include HPV-DNA self-sampling.
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