Patient responses to questions on cervical screening
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| What do you think cervical screening is? (n= 137) | ||
| A test to find cervical cancer | 115 | 84 |
| A test to find precancerous abnormalities | 96 | 70 |
| A test to check the health of the womb | 56 | 41 |
| A test for human papillomavirus (HPV) | 44 | 32 |
| A test to find ovarian cancer | 27 | 20 |
| A test for sexually transmitted diseases | 24 | 18 |
| A test for chlamydia | 10 | 7 |
| I don’t know | 8 | 6 |
| A test on the health of the cervix | 1 | 1 |
| If you have not attended cervical screening because of your gender identity, what are the reasons? (n= 52) | ||
| Don’t associate with/like thinking about that part of the body | 41 | 79 |
| How others might react to your gender identity | 29 | 56 |
| Difficult questions | 28 | 54 |
| Disclosure of gender identity | 28 | 54 |
| Triggering dysphoria | 2 | 4 |
| Risk of assault | 2 | 4 |
| Having to be the expert in my own health | 1 | 2 |
| Not wanting the examination by a cisgender healthcare professional | 1 | 2 |
| Being misgendered | 1 | 2 |
| Past bad attitudes to trans people | 1 | 2 |
| Where would you prefer to attend cervical screening? (n= 134) | ||
| Trans-specific health clinic (any) | 86 | 64 |
| I don’t know | 11 | 8 |
| GP | 9 | 7 |
| Sexual health/GUM clinic | 9 | 7 |
| At home | 8 | 6 |
| I don’t mind | 6 | 4 |
| I would prefer not to attend | 2 | 1 |
| Hospital | 2 | 1 |
| Trans-specific health clinic (discreet) | 1 | 1 |
GUM = genitourinary medicine.