Automated Opt-Out vs Opt-In Patient Outreach Strategies for Breast Cancer Screening: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Optimal strategies for population-based outreach for breast cancer screening remain unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the effect on breast cancer screening of an opt-out automatic mammography referral strategy compared with an opt-in automated telephone message strategy.

Design, setting, and participants

This pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted from April 2022 to January 2023 at a single Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center. Participants were female veterans aged 45 to 75 years who were eligible for breast cancer screening and enrolled in VA primary care.

Intervention

Veterans were randomized 1:1 to receive either an automatic mammography referral (opt-out arm) or an automated telephone call with an option for mammography referral (opt-in

SUBMITTER: Marcotte LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495926 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature