Trial reportBritish journal of cancer2013
A randomised trial of weekend and evening breast screening appointments.
Trial report in British journal of cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Factors associated with attendance at screening for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of second timed appointments for non-attenders of breast cancer screening in England: a randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Oncology · 2017Trial
- A randomised trial of the effect of postal reminders on attendance for breast screening.British journal of cancer · 2016Trial
- Sex-Based Disparities in Health Care Access and Utilization Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Implementing mobile mammography in primary care: a community-based Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) evaluation.Translational behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators of breast cancer screening services amongst black African women in high income countries: a systematic review and meta-aggregation.Discover public health · 2026Review
- Health care system and patient-related factors affecting low cancer screening participation in Poland.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic Differences Associated with Utilization of Weekend Versus Weekday Primary Care Visits.Journal of general internal medicine · 2021Article
- Health information provision, health knowledge and health behaviours: Evidence from breast cancer screening.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Rapid review of evaluation of interventions to improve participation in cancer screening services.Journal of medical screening · 2017Article
- Effectiveness of timed and non-timed second appointments in improving uptake in breast cancer screening.Journal of medical screening · 2016Article
- Influences on individuals' decisions to take up the offer of a health check: a qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2015Article
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15 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a need to research interventions that improve access to and convenience of breast cancer screening services.
methodsWe conducted a randomised trial comparing invitations to out-of-hours appointments with standard office hour appointments. Women who were to be invited for routine breast screening were randomised (3 : 1 : 1 : 1) to one of these screening invitations: standard office hour appointment, office hour appointment with the option to change to an out-of-hours appointment, weekday evening appointment, or weekend appointment.
resultsA total of 9410 women were invited to an office hour, 3519 to an office hour with the option to change, 3271 to a weekday evening, and 3162 to a weekend appointment. The offer of an initial out-of-hours appointment was associated with a non-significant decrease in attendance rates (73.7% vs 74.1%). The highest attendance was observed in the group offered an initial office hour appointment with the option to change to out-of-hours (76.1% vs 73.3% for standard office hour, P=0.001), with 7% of invitees exercising the option to change.
conclusionThe optimum strategy for improving attendance at breast screening is to offer a traditional office hour appointment and including in the letter of invitation an option to change to an evening or weekend appointment if wished.
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