Providing more balanced information on the harms and benefits of cervical cancer screening: A randomized survey among US and Norwegian women.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to identify how additional information about benefits and harms of cervical cancer (CC) screening impacted intention to participate in screening, what type of information on harms women preferred receiving, from whom, and whether it differed between two national healthcare settings. We conducted a survey that randomized screen-eligible women in the United States (n = 1084) and Norway (n = 1060) into four groups according to the timing of introducing additional information. We found that additional information did not significantly impact stated intentions-to-participate in screening or follow-up testing in either country; however, the proportion of Norwegian women stating uncertainty about seeking precancer treatment increased from 7.9% to 14.3% (p = 0.012). Women reported strong

SUBMITTER: Cyr PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature