Communicating about overdiagnosis: Learning from community focus groups on osteoporosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overdiagnosis is considered a risk associated with the diagnosis of osteoporosis-as many people diagnosed won't experience harm from the condition. As yet there's little evidence on community understanding of overdiagnosis outside cancer- where it is an established risk of some screening programs-or effective ways to communicate about it. We examined community understanding around overdiagnosis of osteoporosis, to optimise communication strategies about this problem.

Methods and findings

Using a qualitative design we recruited a community sample of women, 50-80 years, from the Gold Coast community around Bond University, Australia, using random digit dialing, and conducted 5 focus groups with 41 women. A discussion guide and 4-part presentation were developed and

SUBMITTER: Moynihan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291414 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature