A randomised trial of weekend and evening breast screening appointments.
Br J Cancer
; 109(3): 597-602, 2013 Aug 06.
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| ID: mdl-23867998
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is a need to research interventions that improve access to and convenience of breast cancer screening services.METHODS:
We conducted a randomised trial comparing invitations to out-of-hours appointments with standard office hour appointments. Women who were to be invited for routine breast screening were randomised (3 1 1 1) to one of these screening invitations standard office hour appointment, office hour appointment with the option to change to an out-of-hours appointment, weekday evening appointment, or weekend appointment.RESULTS:
A total of 9410 women were invited to an office hour, 3519 to an office hour with the option to change, 3271 to a weekday evening, and 3162 to a weekend appointment. The offer of an initial out-of-hours appointment was associated with a non-significant decrease in attendance rates (73.7% vs 74.1%). The highest attendance was observed in the group offered an initial office hour appointment with the option to change to out-of-hours (76.1% vs 73.3% for standard office hour, P=0.001), with 7% of invitees exercising the option to change.CONCLUSION:
The optimum strategy for improving attendance at breast screening is to offer a traditional office hour appointment and including in the letter of invitation an option to change to an evening or weekend appointment if wished.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Agendamento de Consultas
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Neoplasias da Mama
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Detecção Precoce de Câncer
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Cancer
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido