Tailored written invitations for second round breast cancer screening: a randomised controlled trial.
J Med Screen
; 1(4): 245-8, 1994 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-8790529
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Firstly, to determine if attendance for second round mammography screening in those sent a tailored letter (that is, making reference to their screening history) is increased compared with those sent a standard letter; secondly, to investigate the acceptability of tailored letters.SETTING:
North West Glasgow Breast Screening Centre.METHODS:
A randomised controlled trial.RESULTS:
Overall attendance was unrelated to whether the women were sent a tailored or standard letter; 60% of those sent the standard letter attended (922/1531) compared with 62% of those sent the tailored letter (956/1552) (chi 2 = 0.61, P = 0.4) (difference 2%; 95% confidence interval -2% to 5%). There were no significant differences in percentage attendance within each of the study subgroups women who attended previously and received an all clear result, women who attended previously and received a false positive result, women who were invited previously and failed to attend, and women who were previously too young to be invited for screening. However, there was a statistically significant difference in percentage attendance between these four groups, independent of letter type (chi 2 = 510, P < 0.00001). Although women found the letters acceptable and understandable, they did not seem to pay close attention to the content.CONCLUSIONS:
Tailoring invitation letters does not have a significant effect on uptake rates for breast screening and does not justify the additional workload required.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Tamizaje Masivo
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
País como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article