ADHERENCE TO THE CERVIX CANCER SCREENING IN THE TRANS POPULATION

AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Abstract

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancer among those with the female reproductive system. However, it is preventable and treatable, but there is a difficulty in capturing the target audience as well as low adherence to screening at the appropriate periodicity even in the female cisgender population, with this difficulty being accentuated among transsexuals. For this reason, this article aimed to analyze the reality of the transsexual population, especially of trans men, seeking to identify their experiences, difficulties and needs regarding adherence to cytopathological examination for cervical cancer screening in Primary Care through an integrative review with search carried out in three databases: Scopus, ScienceDirect and PubMed, obtaining a sample of 8 articles for the composition of this study. The results showed that trans users look much less for the health service when compared to the heterosexual/cisgender public, both for the approach, management and lack of patient-professional relationship during the consultation and examination and for the discomfort and dysphoria of gender, thus leading to low adherence to the health service. Some articles also bring, to this point, the preference of some users for self-collection.