Table 1

Key study characteristics of the included studies

Author, year/country	Data collection	Study Start (m/y)–end (m/y)	N (women)	Age range (y)	Ethnicity	Study population	Phenomena of interest
Qualitative study design
Dodd, 2020/ Australia29	Semistructured interviews	12/18–12/18	26	<35–>66	22/26 Born in Australia 4/26 Not born in Australia	HPV status: 15/26 positive, 8/26 negative, 3/26 unsure 9/26 HPV vaccinated Relationship status: 13/26 married or living with partner, 5/26 single or dating, 7/26 separated, divorced or widowed	Understanding the screening purpose
McCaffery, 2003/UK26	Focus group discussions	07/00–09/00	71	20–59	16/71 African-Caribbean 19/71 Indian 20/71 Pakistani 16/71 White British 41/71 Not born in UK	Women eligible for cervical cancer screening; without any history of CIN or previous total hysterectomy None of the women in this study were offered HPV tests or had previously participated in HPV-based screening Relationship status: 44/71 married or living with a partner	Understanding the implication of a positive finding; understanding the screening purpose
McCaffery, 2006/ England27	In-depth interviews	06/01-12/03	74	20–64	41/74 White British 17/74 South Asian 16/74 African Caribbean	Women participating in HPV-based screening; all had received their HPV result HPV status: 57/74 positive, 17/74 negative Relationship status: 45/74 married or in a relationship (with or without cohabiting)	Understanding the implication of a positive finding; understanding the screening purpose
Nagendiram, 2020/ Australia30	Semistructured interviews	03/19–04/19	14	20–58	No information provided	12/14 Participate in screening, 2/14 are under-screened according to the guideline	Understanding the screening purpose
Patel, 2018/ England28	Semistructured interviews, focus group discussions	04/15–12/16	46	25–65	20/46 White British 26/46 White Eastern European	Women participating in a screening programme, which already includes HPV-based screening Some have experienced abnormal smear results and some have not Relationship status: 36 married or in a relationship	Understanding the personal risk; understanding the implication of a positive finding; understanding the screening purpose
Quantitative study design (observational)
Gerend, 2017/ USA32	Online questionnaire via mail	2014	313	21–65	59/313 Non-white 250/313 White 38/313 Hispanic/Latina ethnicity	Relationship status: 187/313 married or living as married 19/313 Never had a Pap test 80/313 History of abnormal Pap test 20/313 Previous HPV infection 38/313 Received at least one dose of HPV vaccine All participants were informed that HPV-based screening could one day replace Pap testing to become the principal method for cervical cancer screening	Acceptance
Jayasinghe, 2016/ Australia36	Online questionnaire	02/14–03/14	199	16–28	118/199 Born in Australia	Women participated in the Young Female Health Initiative study 101/199 Received at least one dose of HPV vaccine 50/199 Never had a Pap test	Acceptance
Ogilvie, 2013/ Canada34	Online questionnaire	05/11–09/11	981	25–65	81/981 Chinese 24/981 Aboriginal 876/981 Caucasian and other	Women participated in the HPV FOCAL study Relationship status: 689/981 married	Acceptance
Saraiya, 2018/ USA33	Online questionnaire	09/15	1309	18–>65	997/1309 White 124/1309 Black 131/1309 Hispanic 57/1309 Other	146/1,309 Received HPV vaccination 67/1,309 Previous HPV infection	Acceptance
Silver, 2015/ USA31	Interviewer-administered survey	03/08–03/11	551	36–62	420/551 White 91/551 Black 40/551 Other	Women enrolled in HPV in Perimenopause Study 260/551 Reported having an abnormal Pap smear prior to study enrolment; 131/551 ever had colposcopy 545/551 Reported having a Pap smear within the past 3 years 386/551 Reported sex with a steady partner at study enrolment Relationship status: 356/551 married	Understanding the screening purpose
Smith, 2021/ Canada37	Online questionnaire	08/17–02/18	5532	25–65	No detailed information provided (reflects the North American population)	Women enrolled from both arms (HPV- or cytology-based screening) in the HPV FOCAL study All women were provided with information about HPV, HPV testing and cervical cancer Relationship status: 3806/5336 living with a partner	Acceptance; understanding the implication of a positive finding; understanding the screening purpose
Thompson, 2020/ USA35	Online questionnaire	2018	812	30–65	187/812 Black/African American 553/812 White/Caucasian 151/812 Hispanic/Latina	Relationship status: 404/812 married	Acceptance; understanding the screening purpose

CIN, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HPV, Human papillomavirus; m, month; y, year(s).