Multiple clinical practice guidelines for breast and cervical cancer screening: perceptions of US primary care physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple clinical practice guidelines exist for breast and cervical cancer screening, and differ in aggressiveness with respect to the recommended frequency and target populations for screening.

Objectives

To determine (1) US primary care physicians' (PCPs) perceptions of the influence of different clinical practice guidelines; (2) the relationship between the number, aggressiveness, and agreement of influential guidelines and the aggressiveness of physicians' screening recommendations; and (3) factors associated with guideline perceptions.

Research design and methods

A nationally representative sample of 1212 PCPs was surveyed in 2006-2007. Cross-sectional analyses examined physicians' perceptions of the influence of different breast and cervical cancer sc

SUBMITTER: Han PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4207297 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature