The effect of cervical cleaning with a big cotton swab on pap smear samples quality
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- cervical carcinoma.Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri
- Registration Number
- IRCT201112318560N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Gita Hatamizadeh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
all women with history of coitus; women who had not pap smear from one year ago. Exclusion criteria: acute vaginitis or cervicitis; vaginal bleeding; a history of total hysterectomy; menopause women; pregnant women.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quantity (presence of 8000-12000 squamous cells). Timepoint: sampling is done at the same time when cervix is cleaned. Method of measurement: Bethesda criteria.;Quality (presence or absence of endocervical cells). Timepoint: sampling is done at the same time when cervix is cleaned. Method of measurement: Bethesda criteria.;Amount of inflammatory exudates in the smears (high: coverage of >75% of smear, moderate: coverage of 50-75% of smear, low: coverage of <50% of smear with inflammatory exudate). Timepoint: sampling is done at the same time when cervix is cleaned. Method of measurement: Bethesda criteria.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method