Women's conceptual knowledge about breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis in Norway: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate conceptual knowledge about mammographic screening among Norwegian women.

Design

We administered a cross-sectional, web-based survey. We used multiple-choice questions and a grading rubric published by a research group from Australia.

Setting

Our Norwegian-language survey was open from April to June 2020 and targeted women aged 45-74 years.

Participants

2033 women completed our questionnaire. We excluded 13 women outside the target age range and 128 women with incomplete data. Responses from 1892 women were included in the final study sample.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The questionnaire focused on women's knowledge about the breast cancer mortality reduction, false positive results and overdiagnosis associated with mam

SUBMITTER: Tsuruda KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671979 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature