Willingness of healthcare providers to perform population-based cancer screening: a cross-sectional study in primary healthcare institutions in Tianjin, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the willingness of healthcare providers to perform population-based screening in primary healthcare institutions in China.

Methods

Healthcare providers of 262 primary healthcare institutions in Tianjin were invited to fill out a questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, workload, and knowledge of, attitude towards and willingness to perform breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening. Willingness to screen was the primary outcome. Multilevel logistic regression models were conducted to analyse the determinants of healthcare providers' willingness to screen. ORs and 95% CIs were estimated.

Results

A total of 554 healthcare providers from 244 institutions answered the questionnaire. 67.2%, 72.1% and 74.3% were willing to perform

SUBMITTER: Zheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989173 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature