Interventions to increase mammography screening uptake among women living in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically identify interventions that increase the use of mammography screening in women living in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google Scholar and African regional databases.

Eligibility criteria

Studies conducted in LMICs, published between 1 January 1990 and 30 June 2021, in the English language. Studies whose population included asymptomatic women eligible for mammography screening. Studies with a reported outcome of using mammography by either self-report or medical records. No restrictions were set on the study design.

Data extraction and synthesis

Screening, dat

SUBMITTER: Nduka IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9906257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature