RESEARCH ARTICLE
Impact of HPV Infection on the Quality of Life in Young Women
J. Escalas*, 1, C. Rodriguez-Cerdeir2, A. Guerra-Tapia3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 137
Last Page: 139
Publisher ID: TODJ-3-137
DOI: 10.2174/1874372200903010137
Article History:
Received Date: 19/03/2009Revision Received Date: 25/03/2009
Acceptance Date: 31/05/2009
Electronic publication date: 29/10/2009
Collection year: 2009
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The possibility to acquire sexually transmitted diseases generates bio-psycho-social conflicts affecting women’s daily lives. We try to investigate the knowledge of women on the concept of being infected by the human papilloma virus (HPV) and to understand the significance they attributed to their condition as HPV carriers. Studies on women who have had anomalous Pap Test results have highlighted psychological consequences like anxiety, fear of cancer, sexual problems, changes in body image, difficulty in reproductive functions, hypochondria, a sense of heedlessness and anger.
We think that it is possible to understand the necessity of assistance, orientation and the opportunity to listen to them.
Keywords: HPV, mental disturbs, quality life.
