ReviewCureus2026
Factors Influencing Adherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines Among Women From Diverse Cultural Backgrounds: A Systematic Review.
Review in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Breast cancer continues to pose a public health challenge as it remains one of the most common malignancies affecting women globally. Although mammography is essential for early detection, adherence to screening guidelines remains unsatisfactory, especially among women from diverse cultural backgrounds. This systematic review aimed to investigate adherence to mammography screening guidelines among women from different cultural backgrounds, evaluate their knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs regarding breast cancer, and additionally identify barriers and facilitators of mammography adherence. A systematic review was conducted in the scientific databases PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect (April-May 2025) for studies published between 2015 and 2025. Fifteen studies (eight quantitative, six qualitative, and one psychometric study) met the predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Study selection followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines, and the methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklists. Higher adherence to mammography screening was associated with higher educational level, health insurance coverage, older age, and advice by a healthcare professional. Major barriers included screening costs, lack of insurance, communication difficulties, cultural and fatalistic beliefs, and feelings of fear and embarrassment. Adherence to mammography screening among women from diverse cultural backgrounds is associated with multiple and complex individual, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. The findings highlight the need for targeted multidimensional and culturally appropriate interventions to reduce inequalities and increase participation rates in breast cancer screening.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.