ArticleJournal of medical screening2016
Defining and measuring adherence to cancer screening.
Article in Journal of medical screening, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Lung Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2026Pooled it
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- Health Economic Evaluations of Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: A Systematic Review Focusing on Methodology and Quality Assessment.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Pooled it
- Multilevel factors influencing colorectal cancer screening adherence: A systematic literature review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- A Centralized Program with Stepped Support Increases Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening Over 9 Years: a Randomized Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Trial
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- Adherence to HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening: A Concept Analysis for Nursing and Midwifery Practice.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- Imaging Surveillance Adherence After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair at VA Hospitals.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The Value of Clinical Decision Support in Healthcare: A Focus on Screening and Early Detection.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Adherence to colorectal cancer screening in a private health insurance center in Argentina from 2008 to 2022.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2025Article
- Impact of health-related behavioral factors on participation in a cervical cancer screening program: the lifelines population-based cohort.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Development of an Electronic Health Record-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool for Patients With Lynch Syndrome.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2023Article
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- Predictors of cervical cancer screening for refugee women attending an international family medicine clinic in the United States.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Article
- Periodic screening for breast and cervical cancer in women with diabetes: a population-based cohort study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2022Article
- Methodologic Considerations in Calculating and Analyzing Proportion of Time Covered as a Measure of Longitudinal Cancer Screening Adherence.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- Challenges and Approaches to Measuring Repeat Fecal Immunochemical Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- ANALYSES OF PREVENTIVE CARE MEASURES WITH INCOMPLETE HISTORICAL DATA IN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING.The annals of applied statistics · 2020Article
- Evaluating Screening Participation, Follow-up, and Outcomes for Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer in the PROSPR Consortium.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2020Article
- Advancing Cancer Control in San Francisco: Cancer Screening in Under-Represented Populations.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe importance of cancer screening is well-recognized, yet there is great variation in how adherence is defined and measured. This manuscript identifies measures of screening adherence and discusses how to estimate them. DISCUSSION: We begin by describing why screening adherence is of interest: to anticipate long-term outcomes, to understand differences in outcomes across settings, and to identify areas for improvement. We outline questions of interest related to adherence, including questions about uptake, currency or being up-to-date, and longitudinal adherence, and then identify which measures are most appropriate for each question. Our discussion of how to select measures focuses on study inclusion criteria and outcome definitions. Finally, we describe how to estimate different measures using data from two common data sources: survey studies and surveillance studies. Estimation requires consideration of data sources, inclusion criteria, and outcome definitions. Censoring often will be present and must be accounted for.
conclusionWe conclude that consistent definitions and estimation of adherence to cancer screening guidelines will facilitate comparison across studies, tests, and settings, and help to elucidate areas for future research and intervention.
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