Overdetection in breast cancer screening: development and preliminary evaluation of a decision aid.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop, pilot and refine a decision aid (ahead of a randomised trial evaluation) for women around age 50 facing their initial decision about whether to undergo mammography screening.

Design

Two-stage mixed-method pilot study including qualitative interviews (n=15) and a randomised comparison using a quantitative survey (n=34).

Setting

New South Wales, Australia.

Participants

Women aged 43-59 years with no personal history of breast cancer.

Interventions

The decision aid provides evidence-based information about important outcomes of mammography screening over 20 years (breast cancer mortality reduction, overdetection and false positives) compared with no screening. The information is presented in a short booklet for women, combining text an

SUBMITTER: Hersch J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4179580 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature