Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health1998
Effect on attendance at breast cancer screening of adding a self administered questionnaire to the usual invitation to breast screening in southern England.
Trial report in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Strategies for increasing women participation in community breast cancer screening.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- Cyprus Women's Health Research (COHERE) initiative: determining the relative burden of women's health conditions and related co-morbidities in an Eastern Mediterranean population.BMC women's health · 2019Article
- Cohort Profile: the Million Women Study.International journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Rapid review of evaluation of interventions to improve participation in cancer screening services.Journal of medical screening · 2017Article
- The Million Women Study: design and characteristics of the study population. The Million Women Study Collaborative Group.Breast cancer research : BCR · 1999Article
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Abstract
STUDY
objectiveThe primary aim of the research described in this paper was to ascertain whether inclusion of a self administered questionnaire with the usual invitation to routine breast screening affected screening uptake. Secondary aims included establishing appropriate questionnaire distribution and collection methods within the framework of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme and optimisation of questionnaire design.
designRandomised study.
settingOxfordshire and West of London Breast Screening Units. PARTICIPANTS/
methods6400 women invited for routine screening mammography were individually randomised to receive either the usual breast screening invitation alone, or to receive the usual invitation accompanied by a self administered questionnaire, to be returned at the time of screening. Participants were then followed up and attendance rates at screening were compared between groups. MAIN
resultsScreening attendance rates were similar in women who did and did not receive a questionnaire (71% in each group). Of those who were sent a questionnaire and attended for screening, 77% returned a completed questionnaire. Screening uptake was not affected by the way in which the questionnaire was returned or by whether or not personal details and signed permission for follow up were requested.
conclusionsThe inclusion of a self administered questionnaire accompanying the invitation to breast screening did not adversely affect screening uptake. A high proportion of women completed the questionnaire.
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