M M Johnson1, T G Hislop, L Kan, A J Coldman, A Lai. 1. Research Advisory Council, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with compliance in the Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia (SMPBC). METHOD: Factors associated with rescreening within 18 months (annual compliers) and between 18 to 36 months later (late compliers) were identified in a cohort of SMPBC screenees using a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: Fewer than half of women initially screened within the SMPBC were annual compliers, nearly 40% not returning by 3 years. In women age 50+ years, annual compliers tended to have no prior mammography, no prior breast pain, a physician referral to SMPBC, and a normal initial SMPBC mammogram. Late compliers also tended to have no prior mammography, a physician referral, and a normal initial SMPBC mammogram. CONCLUSIONS: Several modifiable factors associated with compliance were identified: a physician referral to the program and possibly subsequent referral back to the program after workup for an abnormal mammogram.
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with compliance in the Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia (SMPBC). METHOD: Factors associated with rescreening within 18 months (annual compliers) and between 18 to 36 months later (late compliers) were identified in a cohort of SMPBC screenees using a self-administered questionnaire. RESULTS: Fewer than half of women initially screened within the SMPBC were annual compliers, nearly 40% not returning by 3 years. In women age 50+ years, annual compliers tended to have no prior mammography, no prior breast pain, a physician referral to SMPBC, and a normal initial SMPBC mammogram. Late compliers also tended to have no prior mammography, a physician referral, and a normal initial SMPBC mammogram. CONCLUSIONS: Several modifiable factors associated with compliance were identified: a physician referral to the program and possibly subsequent referral back to the program after workup for an abnormal mammogram.
Authors: Jessica T DeFrank; Barbara K Rimer; J Michael Bowling; Jo Anne Earp; Erica S Breslau; Noel T Brewer Journal: J Med Screen Date: 2012-03 Impact factor: 2.136