Impact of post-colposcopy management on women's long-term worries: results from the UK population-based TOMBOLA trial

Linda Sharp; Seonaidh Cotton; Margaret Cruickshank; Nicola Gray; Louise Smart; David Whynes; Julian Little; The TOMBOLA (Trial Of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) Group

doi:10.1136/jfprhc-2015-101170

Impact of post-colposcopy management on women's long-term worries: results from the UK population-based TOMBOLA trial

Linda Sharp, Seonaidh Cotton, Margaret Cruickshank, Nicola Gray, Louise Smart, David Whynes, Julian Little, The TOMBOLA (Trial Of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) Group

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Effective cervical screening reduces cancer incidence and mortality. However, these benefits may be accompanied by some harms, potentially including, adverse psychological impacts. Studies suggest women may have concerns about various specific issues, such as cervical cancer.

AIM: To compare worries about cervical cancer, future fertility, having sex, and general health between women managed by alternative policies at colposcopy.

DESIGN: Multicentre individually-randomised controlled trial, nested within the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programmes.

SETTING: UK.

METHODS: 1515 women, aged 20-59 years, with low-grade cytology who attended colposcopy during February 2001-October 2002, were randomised to immediate loop excision or punch biopsies with recall for treatment if cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)2/3 was confirmed. Women completed questionnaires at recruitment and after 12, 18, 24 and 30 months. Outcomes were prevalence of worries at each time-point (point prevalence) and at any time-point during follow-up (12-30 months; cumulative prevalence). Primary analysis was by intention-to-treat (ITT); secondary per-protocol analysis compared groups according to management received among women with an abnormal transformation zone.

RESULTS: Cumulative prevalence of worries was: cervical cancer 40%; having sex 26%, future fertility 24%, and general health 60%. In ITT analyses, there were no statistically significant differences between management arms in cumulative or point prevalence of any of the worries. In per-protocol analyses, between-group differences were significant only for future fertility; cumulative prevalence was highest in women who underwent punch biopsies and treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no difference in the prevalence of specific worries in women randomised to alternative post-colposcopy management policies.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN:34841617.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-51
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
Volume	42
Issue number	1
Early online date	16 Sept 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2015-101170
Publication status	Published - Jan 2016

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Date of Acceptance: 12/08/2015

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.

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Sharp, L., Cotton, S., Cruickshank, M., Gray, N., Smart, L., Whynes, D., Little, J., & The TOMBOLA (Trial Of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) Group (2016). Impact of post-colposcopy management on women's long-term worries: results from the UK population-based TOMBOLA trial. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 42(1), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2015-101170

Sharp, L, Cotton, S, Cruickshank, M, Gray, N, Smart, L, Whynes, D, Little, J & The TOMBOLA (Trial Of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) Group 2016, 'Impact of post-colposcopy management on women's long-term worries: results from the UK population-based TOMBOLA trial', Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc-2015-101170

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