An Assessment of Primary Care and Pulmonary Provider Perspectives on Lung Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Lung cancer screening has a mortality benefit to high-risk smokers, but implementation remains suboptimal. Providers represent the key entry point to screening, and an understanding of provider perspectives on lung cancer screening is necessary to improve referral and overall implementation.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to understand knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to screening in a diverse group of referring pulmonologists and primary care providers.

Methods

We conducted an electronic survey of primary care and pulmonary providers within a tertiary care medical center across different practice sites. The survey covered the following domains: 1) beliefs and assessment of evidence, 2) knowledge of lung cancer screening

SUBMITTER: Triplette M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5822418 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature