在德克萨斯州的无家可归人群中实施人类乳头瘤病毒自我收集和跟踪障碍:EMPOWER研究
Parisa N Fallah1, Paige Bowman, Christopher Tran
1University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
Obstetrics and gynecology
|July 17, 2025
概括
高风险的人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 自主收集对于无家可归的人来说是可行的,但显著的障碍阻碍了后续诊断和治疗. 改善宫癌查需要解决这些挑战,以防止疾病的进展.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 妇科 妇科 妇科 妇科
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
背景情况:
- 由于对查和护理的访问有限,子宫癌不成比例地影响某些人群.
- 高风险的人类乳头瘤病毒 (HPV) 自收集是一种经过验证的策略,可以增加宫癌查的吸收率.
- 在无家可归的人群中HPV自收集的有效性和可行性仍然未经检查.
研究的目的:
- 评估在无家可归的人群中实施高风险HPV自收集的可行性.
- 确定阻碍无家可归者在阳性HPV结果后完成后续诊断和治疗的障碍.
主要方法:
- 一个单臂可行性试验在德克萨斯州奥斯招募了25岁及以上的无家可归人士.
- 参与者接受了关于子宫癌的教育,并完成了高风险HPV自收集套件.
- 结果被亲自或通过电话传达,阳性病例被导航到结肠镜.
主要成果:
- 在89名注册参与者中,87人提供了样本,无效样本率为6.9%.
- 25.3%的有效样本检测出高风险HPV的阳性.
- 由于许多障碍,只有52.9%的参与者获得了结果,只有19.0%的积极结果的参与者完成了随访肠镜检查.
结论:
- 在无家可归的人群中,高风险的HPV自收集是可行的,这可能会增加查率.
- 对于阳性HPV检测结果的无家可归个人来说,对后续诊断和治疗存在重大障碍.
- 进一步的研究至关重要,以制定减少随访损失的策略,并确保全面预防宫癌.
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