A randomised trial of the effect of postal reminders on attendance for breast screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some women make an informed choice not to attend breast screening, whereas others may have forgotten about the appointment. We report on a randomised trial that investigates whether a reminder letter affects attendance.

Methods

Women scheduled for a breast screening appointment were randomised to either receive a reminder letter a few days before their breast screening appointment in addition to the standard invitation letter (intervention) or not (control). The primary outcome was attendance within 30 days of the first offered appointment. Secondary outcomes were attendance within 90 and 180 days.

Results

In all, 11,383 (49.9%) women were randomised to the intervention and 11,445 (50.1%) to the control. In the intervention arm, 7759 (68.2%) attended within

SUBMITTER: Allgood PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5154292 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature