Linking physician attitudes to their breast cancer screening practices: A survey of US primary care providers and gynecologists.

ABSTRACT: Despite changes to breast cancer screening guidelines intended to decrease screening in younger and older women, mammography rates remain high. We investigated physician attitudes towards screening younger and older women. Surveys were mailed to US primary care providers and gynecologists between May and September 2016 (871/1665, 52.3% adjusted response rate). We assessed physician (1) attitudes towards screening younger (45-49years) and older (75+ years) women and (2) recommendations for routine mammography. We used exploratory factor analysis to identify underlying themes among physician attitudes and created measures standardized to a 5-point scale. Using multivariable logistic regression models, we examined associations between physician attitudes and screening recommendations. Attitud

SUBMITTER: Radhakrishnan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846094 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature