Psychological effects women experience before and after a colposcopic examination and primary care appointment.

OBJECTIVE.: To estimate the psychological impact, health and behavior concerns, and coping styles of women awaiting colposcopic examination compared with women awaiting a scheduled primary care appointment. MATERIALS AND METHODS.

Qualitative assessment of telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy.

Objective: To qualitatively assess telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy.

Materials And Methods: A site expert and local colposcopist examined women presenting consecutively for colposcopic examination at 1 of 2 rural clinics. Images from the exam were transmitted to distant experts at a telemedicine center by an existing telemedicine network and computer-based telecolposcopy system.

Telemedicine network telecolposcopy compared with computer-based telecolposcopy.

Objectives: To compare computer-based telecolposcopy with telemedicine network telecolposcopy.

Materials And Methods: An on-site expert and local clinician at two rural sites conducted colposcopic examinations on 264 women. Colposcopic images were captured and transmitted to two other experts at a remote location using a statewide telemedicine system and a computer and modem-based system.

The efficacy of telecolposcopy compared with traditional colposcopy.

Objective: Rural women have increased rates of cervical neoplasia, but colposcopic services are limited in rural clinics. The purpose of this study was to estimate the efficacy of telecolposcopy for women in rural health care sites.

Methods: Women with an indication for colposcopy were examined by local colposcopists at one of two rural clinics.