ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Confusion and Anxiety Following Breast Density Notification: Fact or Fiction?
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Impact of Breast Density Information or Notification on Women's Cognitive, Psychological, and Behavioral Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2021Pooled it
- Implementing mobile mammography in primary care: a community-based Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) evaluation.Translational behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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- Perceptions of breast cancer risk after breast density notification in a population-based screening program.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
- Consumer perspective on breast density notification in Australia.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- The Impact of Breast Density Notification on Anxiety in South Australian Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Screening.International journal of breast cancer · 2025Article
- A scoping review of programme specific mammographic breast density related guidelines and practices within breast screening programmes.European journal of radiology open · 2023Article
- Impact of a risk based breast screening decision aid on understanding, acceptance and decision making.NPJ breast cancer · 2023Article
- Breast cancer worry, uncertainty, and perceived risk following breast density notification in a longitudinal mammography screening cohort.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2022Article
- The impact of breast density notification on rescreening rates within a population-based mammographic screening program.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2022Article
- Women's Reactions to Breast Density Information Vary by Sociodemographic Characteristics.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
In the absence of evidence-based screening recommendations for women with dense breasts, it is important to know if breast density notification increases women's anxiety. This study describes psychological reactions and future screening intentions of women attending a public mammographic screening program in Western Australia. Two-thirds of notified women indicated that knowing their breast density made them feel informed, 21% described feeling anxious, and 23% confused. Of the notified women who reported anxiety, 96% intended to re-screen when due (compared to 91% of all notified women and 93% of controls;
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