How do women comply with cancer screenings? A study in four regions of France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This article looks at the behaviour of women facing different cancer screening options available to them from the age of 50 onward. The study was conducted in 2019 in four departments of the French territory with the objective of identifying the factors that influence acceptance of a population-based screening proposal.

Methods

A questionnaire was sent to women who had received three invitations to organised screenings (OS) for both breast and colorectal cancer. The categories of participants in both OS were designed from data from the regional cancer screening coordination centres in each department. Participation in opportunistic cervical cancer screening was evaluated as self-reported data.

Results

4,634 questionnaires were returned out of the 17,194 sen

SUBMITTER: Duchange N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10122322 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature