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Table 2 Proportion of psychological distressa before and after receiving the hypothetical result in the intervention and control groups by screening results

From: Alleviating psychological distress associated with a positive cervical cancer screening result: a randomized control trial

 

Intervention group

Control group

 

Before

After

 

Before

After

Number

n (%)

n (%)

Number

n (%)

n (%)

Positive resultb

423

171 (43.7)

252 (59.6)

407

85 (46.9)

322 (79.1)

 ASC-US (Lowest grade)

73

32 (43.8)

49 (67.1)

67

29 (43.3)

52 (77.6)

 ASC-H

60

29 (48.3)

33 (55.0)

67

23 (34.3)

55 (82.1)

 LSIL

71

32 (45.1)

44 (62.0)

62

32 (51.6)

46 (74.2)

 HSIL

77

32 (41.6)

39 (50.7)

66

29 (43.9)

52 (78.8)

 SCC (Highest grade)

76

31 (40.8)

46 (60.5)

73

43 (58.9)

54 (74.0)

 Not informed of the cytological stages

66

29 (43.9)

41 (62.1)

72

35 (48.6)

63 (87.5)

Negative result

70

31 (44.3)

31 (44.3)

72

34 (47.2)

29 (40.3)

  1. ASC-US, ASC-H, LSIL, HSIL, and SCC are abbreviations of the cytological stages
  2. aThe total score ranges from 6 to 25, with higher scores indicating a higher degree of psychological distress. Participants with higher psychological distress scores received high cancer worry scores (≥ 15)
  3. bAll six patterns of positive results