Determinants of (non-)attendance at the Dutch cancer screening programmes: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Netherlands host three population-based cancer screening programmes: for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer. For screening programmes to be effective, high participation rates are essential, but participation in the Netherlands' programmes is starting to fall below the minimal effective rate. We aimed to produce a systematic overview of the current known determinants of (non-)attendance at the Dutch cancer screening programmes.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in the electronic databases Academic Search Premier, Cochrane Library, Embase, EMCare, PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and also in grey literature, including all articles published before February 2018. The I-Change model was used to categorize the identified determinants of cancer screeni

SUBMITTER: Bongaerts TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491249 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature