Lay Beliefs About the Accuracy and Value of Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Appreciating the accuracy and value of cancer screening is essential to informed decision making about screening. This study's objectives were to (1) examine people's beliefs about the accuracy and value of cancer screening, and (2) determine whether sociodemographics, cancer beliefs, and shared decision making are associated with these beliefs.

Methods

Data from the National Cancer Institute's Health Information National Trends Survey (cycle 4, August-November 2014) were used. Respondents were non-institutionalized adults (aged ≥18 years, n=3,677). Weighted generalized linear modeling was used to examine bivariate and multivariate associations between key covariates and beliefs about cancer screening (assessed by four-item scale and independently). Secondary an

SUBMITTER: Roberts MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5911403 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature