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CERVIVA ICE - Irish Cervical Screening Research Consortium
CERVIVA is a highly successful health services research consortium which has successfully delivered results in relation to the views and attitudes of women towards cervical screening in Ireland and the psychological impact of cervical screening and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing on women. CERVIVA ICE aims to build on the results from CERVIVA and bridges the gap between clinical, population health and health services research in the areas of health economics, molecular biology and epidemiology and psycho-educational intervention in the area of cervical pre-cancer screening. The project is made up of three workpackages: one on molecular biology/epidemiology (workpackage 1), one on health economics (workpackage 2) and one on psycho-educational intervention development (workpackage 3). Researchers at the National Cancer Registry are co-ordinating workpackage 3.
The aim of CERVIVA ICE workpackage 3 is to develop a theory-based psycho-educational intervention to alleviate the adverse psychological after-effects of colposcopy and related management procedures, such as punch biopsies and LLETZ.
The workpackage is building directly on our work in CERVIVA Phase 1, including our longitudinal quantitative study of psychological impact and health-related quality of life in women attending colposcopy. As part of CERIVIVA ICE workpackage 3 , we conducted a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with women about their experiences of colposcopy and psychological after-effects. We also undertook the first ever systematic review of the adverse psychological after-effects of colposcopy and related procedures.
Currently, we our using the results of the longitudinal quantitative study, qualitative study on women’s experiences of colposcopy and the systematic review to inform the development of an appropriate based psycho-educational intervention to alleviate the adverse psychological after-effects of colposcopy and related procedures. We hope to have a ‘prototype’ intervention developed by the end of our current funding.
The outputs of this research programme are expected to significantly inform CervicalCheck and make a significant contribution to improving the quality of life for all Irish women.
- NCR researcher gives interview on HPV vaccination
- The importance of preparatory sensory information for follow-up procedures in cervical cancer screening
- CERVIVA enters into its next phase of high-quality research on HPV with a new HRB-funded ICE award
- Registry and CERVIVA investigators present their research findings at HPV 2015 in Portugal
- What protects against some women experiencing distress following colposcopy?
- Our researchers showcase their work at the 11th iHEA World Congress in Milan
- CERVIVA research symposium on the 12th June, Dublin
- Women’s views about HPV testing may present a challenge for cervical screening programmes
- Photos of ICE Awards Conference 2014
- National Cancer Registry to co-host ICE Awards Conference 2014
- Health-related quality of life as measured by the EQ-5D in the prevention, screening and management of cervical disease: A systematic review
- Physical after-effects of colposcopy and related procedures and their inter-relationship with psychological distress: a longitudinal survey.
- Exploring women's sensory experiences of undergoing colposcopy and related procedures: implications for preparatory sensory information provision
- Trends in, and predictors of, anxiety and specific worries following colposcopy: a 12-month longitudinal study
- Understanding Women's Differing Experiences of Distress after Colposcopy: A Qualitative Interview Study
- Adverse psychological outcomes following colposcopy and related procedures: a systematic review
- Health professionals experiences of discussing HPV with head and neck cancer patients: a qualitative study
- Screening in vaccinated and unvaccinated women: are two algorithms necessary and if so how do we implement them?
- Physical after-effects of colposcopy and related procedures and their inter-relationships with distress: a longitudinal survey study
- Psychological impact of HPV testing: 'Bridging the gap between what we know and what we need to know'
- Development of a theory-based intervention to alleviate psychological distress of follow-up procedures for cervical abnormalities