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- Title
Spousal migration and human papillomavirus infection among women in rural western Nepal.
- Authors
Johnson, Derek C.; Lhaki, Pema; Bhatta, Madhav P.; Kempf, Mirjam-Colette; Smith, Jennifer S.; Bhattarai, Pankaj; Aryal, Shilu; Chamot, Eric; Regmi, Kiran; Vermund, Sten H.; Shrestha, Sadeep
- Abstract
Background: In April 2014 we investigated the association of migration of a woman's husband with her high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection status and her abnormal cervical cytology status in the Achham district of rural far-western Nepal. Methods:Women were surveyed and screened for HR-HPV during a health camp conducted by the Nepal Fertility Care Center. Univariate and multivariable statistical tests were performed to determine the association of a husband's migration status with HR-HPV infection and cervical cytology status. Results: In 265 women, the prevalence of HR-HPV was 7.5% (20/265), while the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology, defined using the Bethesda system as atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance or worse, was 7.6% (19/251). Half of the study participants (50.8%, 130/256) had husbands who had reported migrating for work at least once. Women aged ≤34 years were significantly less likely to test positive for HR-HPV than women aged >34 years (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.71). HR-HPV infection and abnormal cervical cytology status were not directly associated with a husband's migration. Conclusion: Older women were found to have a higher prevalence of HPV than younger women. It is possible that a husband's migration for work could be delaying HR-HPV infections in married women until an older age.
- Subjects
NEPAL; PAPILLOMAVIRUS disease diagnosis; PAPILLOMAVIRUS diseases; DISEASE prevalence; PUBLIC health; EMIGRATION &; immigration; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
International Health (1876-3413), 2016, Vol 8, Issue 4, p261
- ISSN
1876-3413
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/inthealth/Ihw015