Impact of health-related behavioral factors on participation in a cervical cancer screening program: the lifelines population-based cohort

Regular participation in cervical cancer screening is critical to reducing mortality. Although certain sociodemographic factors are known to be associated with one-time participation in screening, little is known about other factors that could be related to regular participation. Therefore, this stu...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC public health 2023-11, Vol.23 (1), p.2376-2376, Article 2376
Hauptverfasser: Castañeda, Kelly M, Sidorenkov, Grigory, Mourits, Marian J E, van der Vegt, Bert, Siebers, Albert G, Vermeulen, Karin M, Schuuring, Ed, Wisman, G Bea A, de Bock, Geertruida H
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Zusammenfassung:Regular participation in cervical cancer screening is critical to reducing mortality. Although certain sociodemographic factors are known to be associated with one-time participation in screening, little is known about other factors that could be related to regular participation. Therefore, this study evaluated the association between health-related behavioral factors and regular participation in cervical cancer screening. The Lifelines population-based cohort was linked to data for cervical cancer screening from the Dutch Nationwide Pathology Databank. We included women eligible for all four screening rounds between 2000 and 2019, classifying them as regular (4 attendances), irregular (1-3 attendances), and never participants. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association between behavioral factors and participation regularity, with adjustment made for sociodemographic factors. Of the 48,325 included women, 55.9%, 35.1%, and 9% were regular, irregular, and never screening participants. After adjustment for sociodemographic factors, the likelihood of irregular or never screening participation was increased by smoking, obesity, marginal or inadequate sleep duration, alcohol consumption and low physical activity, while it was decreased by hormonal contraception use. An association exists between unhealthy behavioral factors and never or irregular participation in cervical cancer screening.
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-023-17293-0