ArticleFamily practice2017
A qualitative study exploring why individuals opt out of lung cancer screening.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Pragmatic Randomized-Controlled Trial of a Digital Outreach Intervention for Lung Cancer Screening: mPATH-Lung (Mobile Patient Technology for Health-Lung)
Leveraging Social Media to Increase Lung Cancer Screening Awareness, Knowledge and Uptake in High-Risk Populations
Assessing Social Determinants of Health to Increase Cancer Screening
LEAD Pilot Study: Leveraging the Emergency Department to Address SDOH and Reduce Lung Cancer Screening Disparities
CLEAR-LUNG (Community-Level Effectiveness to Advance Reach in Lung Cancer Screening)
Who cites it
68 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Knowledge translation strategies to enhance lung cancer screening programme implementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators and Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening during Long COVID: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Study Synthesis of Qualitative Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Guideline
- The impact of personalized clinical decision support on primary care patients' views of cancer prevention and screening: a cross-sectional survey.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
- Computer-Tailored Decision Support Tool for Lung Cancer Screening: Community-Based Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT): Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Testing Targeted Invitation Materials.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020Trial
- The Role of Cancer-Related Fatalistic Beliefs and Perceived Information Ambiguity in Lung Cancer Screening Uptake.Clinical journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
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- Patient and Healthcare Provider Barriers in the LDCT Lung Cancer Screening Continuum.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Ready, Set, Screen: Evaluating Community Readiness for Lung Cancer Screening Among Non-Hispanic Black Populations in Florida: Brief Report.JTO clinical and research reports · 2026Article
- "I Was Expecting the Worst": Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Lung Cancer Screening in Black and Hispanic Communities.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring Attitudes to Lung Cancer Screening in England: An Inductive Content Analysis of Online Commentary Following Media Announcement of a National Lung Cancer Screening Programme.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- The Digital Information Environment of Lung Cancer and Lung Cancer Screening: Protocol for a Cross-Platform Social Media Content Analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Using AI to Design and Develop Online Educational Modules to Enhance Lung Cancer Screening Uptake Among High-Risk Individuals.Cancers · 2026Article
- Health Beliefs and Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening in a Diverse Safety-Net Population.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2026Article
- Lung cancer screening health beliefs among a high-risk population in China: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Navigating shared decision-making in lung cancer screening: Insights into barriers, training, and referral propensity among clinicians.Patient education and counseling · 2025Article
- Implementing a Tribally Engaged Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Program in Rural Oklahoma.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Routes to Diagnosis in Lung Cancer-Do Socio-Demographics Matter? An English Population-Based Study.Cancers · 2025Article
- Developing a digital video to support lung cancer screening in diverse populations.PEC innovation · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Lung cancer screening with annual low-dose computed tomography is relatively new for long-term smokers in the USA supported by a US Preventive Services Task Force Grade B recommendation. As screening programs are more widely implemented nationally and providers engage patients about lung cancer screening, it is critical to understand behaviour among high-risk smokers who opt out to improve shared decision-making processes for lung cancer screening. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons for screening-eligible patients' decisions to opt out of screening after receiving a provider recommendation. Methods: Semi-structured qualitative telephone interviews were performed with 18 participants who met lung cancer screening criteria for age, smoking and pack-year history in Washington State from November 2015 to January 2016. Two researchers with cancer screening and qualitative methodology expertise conducted data analysis using thematic content analytic procedures from audio-recorded interviews. Results: Five primary themes emerged for reasons of opting out of lung cancer screening: (i) Knowledge Avoidance; (ii) Perceived Low Value; (iii) False-Positive Worry; (iv) Practical Barriers; and (v) Patient Misunderstanding. Conclusion: The participants in our study provided insight into why some patients make the decision to opt out of low-dose computed tomography screening, which provides knowledge that can inform intervention development to enhance shared decision-making processes between long-term smokers and their providers and decrease decisional conflict about screening.
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