Attendance and non-attendance for breast screening at the south east London breast screening service.
Year: 1989
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the reasons for a low rate of response for breast screening. DESIGN: All relevant aspects of the organisational process examined, including general practitioners' notes. Non-responders visited and interviewed. SETTING: An inner city breast screening service working on the model advocated by the Forrest report. SUBJECTS: 288 Women aged 50-64 registered with several general practices and invited for screening by post. MAIN OUTCOME: Determination of factors important for success of breast screening programmes. RESULTS: After five women were excluded by their general practitioners the response rate was 129 out of 283 (46%), but 99 (35%) of the women did not receive their invitations because of inaccuracies in the family practitioner committee's database and general practitioners failing to check women's addresses completely. CONCLUSIONS: Increased rates of response will depend on enabling general practitioners to check addresses and on an increased awareness of the importance of information.
Source: BMJ
Authors: J. McEwen, E. King, G. Bickler
Institutions: King's College London, King's College School
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1974800512