{"doi":"10.1089/whr.2024.0180","title":"Motivations and Preferences for Self-Sampled Human Papillomavirus Testing Among Average—and High-Risk Patients: An Exploratory Analysis","abstract":"Objectives: Cervical cancer screening rates fall below national goals. At-home self-sampled tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) may improve screening rates. This study assesses the acceptability of self-sampled HPV testing with respect to motivating factors and preference among average-risk patients (undergoing routine screening) and high-risk patients (receiving follow-up care after abnormal screening results). Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study sample consisted of 46 participants (female, ages 30–65), including average-risk (n = 35) and high-risk (n = 11) patients, who had already received clinician-collected cervical cancer screening. Participants completed a self-sampled HPV test and a survey. Motivators included cervical cancer screening facilitators, sexual history, health care factors, and feelings during self-sampled test. We analyzed the relationships between these constructs and test modality preference for their next cervical cancer screening (i.e., self-sampled HPV testing at home vs. other preference). Results: Few participants experienced negative feelings during self-sampled HPV testing (uncomfortable: 20%; anxious: 22%; and unpleasant: 15%). Overall, 57% of participants would prefer to complete a self-sampled HPV test at home for their next cervical cancer screening compared with other test options. Test modality preference for their next cervical cancer screening did not differ for average- versus high-risk patients, and it did not vary by any of the motivating factors we assessed (all p > 0.05). Conclusions: Acceptability of self-sampled HPV testing at home is high, with little difference in attitudes observed across patient characteristics. These findings demonstrate that self-sampled HPV testing may be an effective tool for increasing cervical cancer screening, even among high-risk patients who have previously had abnormal screening results.","journal":"Women s Health Reports","year":2025,"id":563462,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9537,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1318751,"name":"Ashley Wong","orcid":"0000-0003-3568-111X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1466534,"name":"Lisa Witmer","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1466535,"name":"Anne Kantner","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1466536,"name":"Megan Mendez-Miller","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":905957,"name":"Sarah I. Ramírez","orcid":"0009-0003-2917-942X","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":237483,"name":"Mack T. Ruffin","orcid":"0000-0001-8336-478X","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":332440,"name":"Jennifer L. Moss","orcid":"0000-0002-3794-1344","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1319090,"name":"Rebecca Morgis","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":17,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:56:13.374766Z","pmid":"40308356","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}