Long-term Mammography Adherence among Uninsured Women Enrolled in the Breast Screening and Patient Navigation (BSPAN) Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Breast Screening and Patient Navigation (BSPAN) Program provides access to no-cost breast cancer screening services to uninsured women in North Texas. Using data from the longitudinal BSPAN program (2012-2019), we assessed prevalence and correlates of (i) baseline adherence and (ii) longitudinal adherence to screening mammograms.

Methods

Outcomes were baseline adherence (adherent if women received second mammogram 9-30 months after the index mammogram) and longitudinal adherence (assessed among baseline adherent women and defined as being adherent 39 months from the index mammogram). We used multivariable logistic regression and multivariable Cox proportional hazards model to assess associations of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics with baseline an

SUBMITTER: Nair RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755604 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature