Do invitations for cervical screening provide sufficient information to enable informed choice? A cross-sectional study of invitations for publicly funded cervical screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether invitations for publicly funded cervical screening provide sufficient information to enable an informed choice about participation.

Design

Cross-sectional study using a checklist of 23 information items on benefits and harms from cervical screening and the risks related to cervical cancer.

Material

Invitations to publicly funded cervical screening in 10 Scandinavian and English-speaking countries.

Setting

Ten Scandinavian and English speaking countries.

Participants

Sixteen screening units representing 10 Scandinavian and English speaking countries.

Main outcome measures

Number of information items presented in invitations for cervical screening.

Results

We contacted 21 coordinating units from 11 countries a

SUBMITTER: Kolthoff SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4940995 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature