Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34213995›Full record

ArticleHealth literacy research and practice2021

Modifying a Mammography Decision Aid for Older Adult Women with Risk Factors for Low Health Literacy.

Tamara Cadet, Gianna Aliberti, Maria Karamourtopoulos, Alicia Jacobson, Morgan Siska, Mara A Schonberg

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Health literacy research and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tamara Cadet
Gianna Aliberti
Maria Karamourtopoulos
Alicia Jacobson
Morgan Siska
Mara A Schonberg

Funding

Randomized Trial of a Mammography Decision Aid for Women Aged 75 and OlderR01CA181357 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCHONBERG, MARA A · 2014 to 2018
$2.9M
Research and mentoring program in shared decision making in the care of older adultsK24AG071906 · NIA · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCHONBERG, MARA A · 2021 to 2025
$946k
Shared decision-making and colorectal cancer screening behaviors among older adults with low health literacyK23AG062795 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CADET, TAMARA J. · 2020 to 2024
$634k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA181357NIA NIH HHS K23 AG062795NIA NIH HHS K24 AG071906NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD009949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGuidelines recommend that before being offered mammography screening, women age 75 years and older be informed of the uncertainty of benefit and potential for harm (e.g., being diagnosed with a breast cancer that would otherwise never have shown up in one's lifetime); however, few older women are informed of the risks of mammography screening and most overestimate its benefits.

objectiveThe aim of this study was to learn from women older than age 75 years who have predisposing risk factors for low health literacy (LHL) how they make decisions about mammography screening, whether an existing decision aid (DA) on mammography screening for them was acceptable and helpful, and suggestions for improving the DA.

methodsWe conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 women who were between ages 75 and 89 years and had predisposing risk factors for LHL (i.e., answered somewhat to not at all confident to the health literacy screening question "How confident are you filling out medical forms by yourself?" and/or had an education level of some college or less). KEY

resultsFindings indicate that women in this study lacked knowledge and understanding that one can decide on mammography screening based on their personal values. Women were enthusiastic about screening based on an interest in taking care of themselves but rely on their providers for health care decisions. Overall, most women found the DA helpful and would recommend the use of the DA.

conclusionsFindings from this study provide formative data to test the efficacy of the modified DA in practice. Failing to consider the informational needs of adults with LHL in design of DAs could inadvertently exacerbate existing inequalities in health. It is essential that DAs consider older women's diverse backgrounds and educational levels to support their decision-making.

Indexed as

Health LiteracyAgedAged, 80 and overDecision Support TechniquesEarly Detection of CancerFemaleHumansMammographyRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID34213995
PMCPMC8082954
OpenAlexW3154595050

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.