ArticlePreventive medicine2014
Physicians' beliefs about effectiveness of cancer screening tests: a national survey of family physicians, general internists, and obstetrician-gynecologists.
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- Pooled it
- Motivators of Inappropriate Ovarian Cancer Screening: A Survey of Women and Their Clinicians.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2021Article
- The developing family doctor system: evidence from the progress of the family doctor signing service from a longitudinal survey (2013-2016) in Pudong New Area, Shanghai.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Linking physician attitudes to their breast cancer screening practices: A survey of US primary care providers and gynecologists.Preventive medicine · 2018Article
- Scrutinizing screening: a critical interpretive review of primary care provider perspectives on mammography decision-making with average-risk women.Public health reviews · 2018Review
- Linking Reminders and Physician Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations: Results From a National Survey.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2017Article
- Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention in 78 Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics-United States, 2014-2015.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2017Article
- When Guidelines Conflict: A Case Study of Mammography Screening Initiation in the 1990s.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo study physicians' beliefs about the effectiveness of different tests for cancer screening.
methodsData were examined from the Women's Health Survey of 1574 Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics-Gynecology physicians to questions about their level of agreement about the clinical effectiveness of different tests for breast, cervical, ovarian, and colorectal cancer screening among average risk women. Data were weighted to the U.S. physician population based on the American Medical Association Masterfile. Multivariable logistic regression identified physician and practice characteristics significantly associated with physicians' beliefs.
resultsThere were 1574 respondents, representing a 62% response rate. The majority of physicians agreed with the effectiveness of mammography for women aged 50-69years, Pap tests for women aged 21-65years, and colonoscopy for individuals aged ≥50years. A substantial proportion of physicians believed that non-recommended tests were effective for screening (e.g., 34.4% for breast MRI and 69.1% for annual pelvic exam). Physicians typically listed their respective specialty organizations as a top influential organization for screening recommendations.
conclusionsThere were several substantial inconsistencies between physician beliefs in the effectiveness of cancer screening tests and the actual evidence of these tests' effectiveness which can lead both to underuse and overuse of cancer screening tests.
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