Investigating non-attendance at colposcopy clinic

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.