Who are the women who default from colposcopy clinics?

Compliance at colposcopy clinics is an essential factor for effectiveness of a cervical screening programme. However, there is not enough research on women who default from the colposcopy clinic. In this study, we have looked at some of the factors which might influence non-attendance at colposcopy clinics. We found that women who were younger and nulliparous appeared to be at greater risk of non-attendance than older and parous women. Women tend to miss follow-up appointments rather than primary appoints and none of them missed treatment appointments. There was no relation between non-attendance and grade of the lesion. We were not able to assess other factors such as smoking, socio-economic status or marital status in this study due to inadequate documentation.