Effects by educational attainment of a mammography screening patient decision aid for women aged 75 years and older.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To help inform screening decisions, a mammography screening decision aid (DA) for women aged 75 years and older was tested in a cluster randomized clinical trial of 546 women. DA use increased women's knowledge of the benefits and harms of mammography and lowered screening rates. In the current study, the objective was to examine whether participants' views of the DA and/or its effects differed by educational attainment.

Methods

A secondary analysis was conducted of 283 women who received the DA before a personal care provider (PCP) visit during the trial to examine the acceptability of the DA and its effects on knowledge of the benefits and harms of mammography, screening intentions, and receipt of screening by educational attainment. Adjusted analyses accounted

SUBMITTER: Cadet T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature