Participation was offered to patients scheduled at the colposcopy clinic in the Inca Regional Hospital (Mallorca, Illes Balears) who met the criteria (Table 1 ).
Criteria for inclusion and exclusion in the study.
| Women between 35 and 65 years old |
| Pregnancy and first six weeks of the puerperium |
| Not having a cervix (prior hysterectomy or trachelectomy) |
| Vaginal bleeding |
| Use of medication, creams or vaginal douches in the last 48 h before sample collection |
| Ignorance of the co-official languages of the Balearic Islands by the participant and, if applicable, by her companion |
| Illiteracy in the strict or functional sense |
| Inability to perform self-sampling |
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