A Comparison of Women’s Travel to Mammography Services and Average Week Day Trip Length

Autor:	Deborah van Gaans, Matthew Warner-Smith, Catherine Miles, Suzanne J. Carroll, Neil T. Coffee, Mark Daniel, David Roder
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Service (business) medicine.diagnostic_test Screening mammography Significant difference Trip length Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Schedule (workplace) Geography Travel survey medicine Mammography Electrical and Electronic Engineering human activities Demography
Zdroj:	Research in Health Science. 4:42
ISSN:	2470-6213 2470-6205
Popis:	Long travel distances/times to a mammography service may act as a barrier that hinders women from seeking screening mammography on a recommended schedule. Average weekday trip length data from the New South Wales Travel Survey was compared with the average distance women travelled to a mammography service, the difference was tested using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The distance travelled to mammography services was statistically greater than the average week day trip length from the New South Wales Travel Survey (4.3 km, 95% CI 3.3 to 5.9 kms, p,0.001). This study has identified that within New South Wales there is a significant difference between average week day trip length travel and client travel to mammography services. Therefore, highlighting that women are undertaking a greater than normal travel burden to access mammography services. The comparison of normal weekday travel and travel to mammography services has enabled the burden of travel to mammography services to be identified. Reducing the burden of travel to mammography services is pivotal to increasing the utilization of mammography services and reducing the inequalities in health comes.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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