Assessing knowledge and psychosocial impact of HPV positive result 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in women attending colposcopy
IRAS ID
148486
Contact name
Susanna Kola-Palmer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Huddersfield
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 29 days
Research summary
With HPV triage used in cervical cancer screening there is an urgent need to establish levels of knowledge of HPV in the population, and assess the psychosocial impact of receiving an HPV positive result. Qualitative studies have reported that women experience negative psychosocial consequences, but no study has yet tried to quantify this and assess predictive variables. The proposed project is a cross-sectional study aimed at assessing women’s knowledge and psychosocial impact of receiving an HPV positive test result, including identifying the predictors of HPV-related knowledge and establishing the predictors of the psychosocial impact of receiving a HPV positive result.
All women scheduled for colposcopy at Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary will be sent a participant information sheet and a battery of questionnaires with their appointment letter and asked to return them at their appointment. The battery include the HPV Knowledge Questionnaire (Waller et al., 2013), HPV Stigma, Shame and Anxiety (Waller et al., 2007), Health literacy (Chew et al., 2004), Perceived cervical cancer risk, Emotion regulation (Gross & John, 2003), Brief COPE (Carver, 1997), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet et al., 1988), and the HPV Impact Profile (Mast et al., 2009).
HPV knowledge will be quantified and differences in HPV knowledge between women with HPV positive and HPV negative results will be examined. We will conduct an in-depth exploration of HPV knowledge through an analysis of the factors which predict knowledge of HPV. The psychosocial impact of receiving an HPV positive result will be quantified and the factors predicting the psychosocial impact of HPV positive result will be examined.
The results from this study will deepen our understanding of women’s knowledge and attitudes toward HPV and will aid in developing interventions to increase knowledge and reduce the psychosocial burden of receiving an HPV positive diagnosis.REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
14/WA/1185
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion