Use of patient decision aids increased younger women's reluctance to begin screening mammography: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As breast cancer screening guidelines have changed recently, additional investigation is needed to understand changes in women's behavior after using breast cancer screening patient decision aids (BCS-PtDAs) and the potential effect on mammography utilization. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate the effect of BCS-PtDAs on changes in women's intentions to undergo screening mammography and whether women deciding to begin or discontinue screening mammography displayed similar changes in screening intentions after using a BCS-PtDA.

Methods

We searched Medline, Scopus, PsycINFO, CENTRAL, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, Health Technology Assessment Database, PsycARTICLES, and cited references in eligible papers for randomized controlled tria

SUBMITTER: Ivlev I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481237 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature