Mammography Decision Aid Reduces Decisional Conflict for Women in Their Forties Considering Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical guidelines recommend a personalized approach to mammography screening for women in their forties; however, methods to do so are lacking. An evidence-based mammography screening decision aid was developed as an electronic mobile application and evaluated in a before-after study.

Methods

The decision aid (Mammopad) included modules on breast cancer, mammography, risk assessment, and priority setting about screening. Women aged 40-49 years who were patients of rural primary care clinics, had no major risk factors for breast cancer, and no mammography during the previous year were invited to use the decision aid. Twenty women participated in pretesting of the decision aid and 75 additional women completed the before-after study. The primary outcome was decisi

SUBMITTER: Eden KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683542 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature