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Investigating non-attendance at colposcopy clinic

A S Yassin1, R J Howell, A M Nysenbaum

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology : the Journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
|January 11, 2003
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We investigated non-attendance at colposcopy clinic. This was a retrospective case-control study conducted to find out any specific characteristics for women who failed to attend their appointment at colposcopy during a 3-month period, in comparison to attenders. The incidence of non-attendance was 23.7%. Younger age, smoking, occurrence of pregnancy, previous history of termination of pregnancy, anxiety and follow-up appointments were more common in non-attenders.

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