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The SAFE Study: Satisfaction and Adherence to Follow-Up With Colposcopy Exams
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Patient Liaison for Uterine Cervical Dysplasia and Uterine Cervix Cancer. Completed, enrolled 297 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study is intended to improve the patient experience of communication of colposcopy results and follow-up recommendations to patients. Current practice involves results being forwarded from the colposcopy clinic to the family or referring physician who then informs the patient. We are testing an intervention informed by focus groups in which a trained colposcopy nurse (patient liaison) directly contacts patients with their results and follow-up recommendations while providing education and support. We will examine whether this intervention improves patient satisfaction, reduces anxiety, and improves rates of adherence to follow-up and treatment appointments compared to the current practice.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
An experienced colposcopy nurse will contact participants once the colposcopists complete the final colposcopy report. The colposcopy report will inform the referring provider that these patients will be informed of the results. The colposcopy nurse will provide an explanation of the colposcopy results and subsequent follow-up or treatment recommendations, be available to answer patient questions (within her scope), offer educational or support resources to patients. She will forward any patient questions beyond her scope to the patient's colposcopist who may then provide answers to the patient liaison or to the patient directly depending on the complexity and nature of the question.