Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to XXXX Screening: A Gynecologic Oncology Fellow Research Network Study.

@entity5 @entity1 @entity1082
OBJECTIVES: The aims of the study were to examine barriers to @entity5 screening among @entity1 who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and accessed domestic violence shelters, to compare barriers among those up-to-date (UTD) and not UTD on screening, and to evaluate acceptability of @entity1082 self-sampling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional survey in which domestic violence shelters in Ohio were identified and @entity1 completed an anonymous survey assessing UTD screening status, barriers related to screening, history of IPV, intention to follow up on abnormal screening, and acceptability of self-sampling. Characteristics of UTD and not UTD @entity1 were compared using Mann-Whitney U tests. RESULTS: A total of 142 @entity1 from 11 shelters completed the survey. Twenty-three percent of @entity1 were not UTD. @entity1 who were not UTD reported more access-related barriers (mean = 2.2 vs 1.8; p = .006). There was no difference in reported IPV-related barriers between @entity1 who were not UTD and those who are UTD (mean = 2.51 in not UTD vs 2.24 in UTD; p = .13). Regarding future screening, of the @entity1 who expressed a preference, more @entity1 not UTD preferred self-sampling than UTD @entity1 (32% vs 14%; p = .05). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, access-related barriers were more commonly reported among @entity1 not UTD with screening. Addressing these barriers at domestic violence shelters may improve screening among not UTD @entity1 . Self-sampling may also be one feasible approach to support screening in this population.
