Table 3

Psychosocial outcomes

	Mean scores for HPV status				P value for pairwise comparisons
	HPV+	HPV−	HPV status unknown	Main effect p value	HPV+ versus HPV−	Effect size	HPV+ versus HPV unknown	HPV− versus HPV unknown
Emotional
Anxiety (STAI-6)	53.03	43.58	45.17	<0.001	<0.001	0.64	<0.001	0.750
Emotional distress (GHQ-12)	3.94	2.52	3.00	0.004	0.005	0.42	0.241	0.465
Distress (CSQ)	7.06	4.74	5.28	<0.001	<0.001	0.97	<0.001	0.007
Concern regarding test results	5.02	2.37	3.20	<0.001	<0.001	1.54	<0.001	<0.001
Reassurance regarding test results	4.42	5.50	4.67	<0.001	<0.001	0.69	<0.001	0.842
Worry	2.28	1.73	1.74	<0.001	<0.001	0.68	<0.001	1.00
Cognitive
Perceived lifetime risk	2.58	2.17	2.32	<0.001	<0.001	0.63	0.015	0.031
Perceived risk relative to others	3.17	2.63	2.80	<0.001	<0.001	0.55	0.019	0.137
Knowledge
HPV knowledge*	9.25	6.62	5.82	<0.001	<0.001	0.53	<0.001	0.268
HPV testing knowledge†	2.44	1.30	0.98	<0.001	<0.001	0.70	<0.001	0.105

*Women who answered no to ‘before today had you heard of HPV?’ were assigned an HPV knowledge score of 0.
†Women who answered no to ‘before today had you heard of HPV testing?’ were assigned an HPV testing knowledge score of 0.
CSQ, Cervical Screening Questionnaire; GHQ-12, General Health Questionnaire; HPV, human papillomavirus; STAI-6, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.