Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health1996
Breast screening: a randomised controlled trial in UK general practice of three interventions designed to increase uptake.
Trial report in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Methods to increase participation in organised screening programs: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- Strategies for increasing women participation in community breast cancer screening.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- Evaluating a tailored intervention to increase screening mammography in an urban area.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2005Trial
- A consensus approach: Understanding the support needs of women in Newport West, Wales, to participate in breast screening.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- A cross-sectional population-based study of breast cancer screening among women with HIV in Ontario, Canada.CMAJ open · 2017Article
- Access to health care for ethnic minority populations.Postgraduate medical journal · 2005Review
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Abstract
STUDY
objectivesTo determine the relative effectiveness of three interventions designed to increase the uptake of breast screening.
designRandomised controlled trial of a nurse visit with health education (group A), nurse visit without health education (group B), and GP letter (group C).
settingThe area of south east London served by the Butterfly Walk Breast Screening Unit in Camberwell.
participantsWomen aged between 50 and 64 years who were registered with 27 GPs in the Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham family health services authority and who had not attended for first round screening. MAIN
resultsAltogether 799 women were randomly allocated to the three groups. In general, delivering the nurse based interventions proved difficult. In group A, 11.4% (95% CI 7.9, 14.9%) of women subsequently attended for screening compared with 7.8% (95% CI 5.1, 11.4%) in group B and 13.1% (95% CI 7.9, 18.4%) in group C. The differences between the groups (95% CIs) were not statistically significant: A versus C, -1.7% (-8.0, +4.6%); B versus C, -5.3% (-11.3, +0.7%); A versus B, +3.6% (-1.0, +8.2%).
conclusionsA personal letter from the GP seems to be at least as effective at increasing the uptake of breast screening in non-attenders as a nurse making a home visit to discuss the issue of breast screening, and is not noticeably less effective than a visit at which a health education intervention is delivered. It is possible that the GP letter is considerably more effective than either of the two interview-based interventions. With regard to implementing strategies which will increase breast screening uptake and are cost effective, further trials of similar minimal interventions in primary care are required.
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