Effects of different reminder strategies on first-time mammography screening among women in Taiwan.
BMC Health Serv Res
; 20(1): 114, 2020 Feb 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The study's purpose was to examine the effectiveness of different reminder strategies on first-time free mammography screening among middle-aged women in Taiwan.METHODS:
A quasi-experimental design with random assignment was adopted to divide the participants into three Reminder Strategies groups (mail reminder, telephone reminder, and combined mail and telephone reminders) and one control group. This study recruited 240 eligible middle-aged women, and 205 of them completed the study. Upon the completion of data collection, mail reminders were provided to women of the first group; telephone reminders were provided to the second group; mail followed by telephone reminders were provided to the third group, and the usual postcards were provided to the control group 1 month after the interventions. Two follow-up assessments were conducted 1 and 3 months after the intervention to collect mammography-screening behaviors from all groups.RESULTS:
The findings showed that, compared to the control group, more participants in the intervention groups underwent mammography screening after receiving reminder interventions. Telephone contact as reminder was found to have the most significant influence among the interventions (OR = 5.0556; 95% CI = 2.0422-13.5722).CONCLUSIONS:
Government and healthcare providers are recommended to consider adopting the telephone reminder strategy to encourage women to undergo their first-time mammography screening.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Mamografía
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Sistemas Recordatorios
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Detección Precoz del Cáncer
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Health Serv Res
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Taiwán