Clinician and patient perspectives on screening mammography among women age 75 and older: A pilot study of a novel decision aid.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Supporting patient-clinician communication is key to implementing tailored, risk-based screening for older adults. Objectives of this multiphase mixed methods study were to identify factors that primary care clinicians consider influential when making screening mammography recommendations for women ≥ 75 years, develop a patient decision aid that incorporates these factors, and gather feasibility and acceptability from the patients' perspective.

Methods

Clinicians from a Mid-Atlantic practice network completed online surveys. Women in the same network completed surveys before and after receiving a tailored booklet that included information about the benefits and harms of screening for women ≥ 75 years, a breast cancer risk-estimate, and a question prompt list to sup

SUBMITTER: Braithwaite D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10136373 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature