Effect of an information leaflet on breast cancer screening participation: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of an information leaflet about the risk-benefit balance of breast cancer screening on women's participation.

Methods

This cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted within a population-based breast cancer screening program and included women from the catchment areas of two hospitals in Barcelona, Spain. We evaluated women aged 50-69 years invited to screening between September 2019 and January 2020. The intervention group received an information leaflet on the benefits and harms of mammography screening. The control group received the usual invitation letter. The clusters consisted of the processing days of the invitation letter, assigned to the intervention with a simple random allocation scheme. We compared the participation rate at

SUBMITTER: Montero-Moraga JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254065 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature