Impact of population based breast density notification: multisite parallel arm randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effect of notifying women of their dense breasts on their psychosocial outcomes and health service use intentions.

Design

Multisite parallel arm randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Population based breast screening programme in Queensland, Australia.

Participants

Women aged ≥40 years having screening and classified as having mammographically dense breasts (BI-RADS C-D from automated density measure).

Intervention

Women were randomised equally to standard care (no notification of breast density), notification of breast density plus written health literacy sensitive information (intervention 1), or notification of density plus a link to online video based health literacy sensitive information (intervention 2).

Main outcome

SUBMITTER: Nickel B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673659 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature