Subsequent attendance in a breast cancer screening program after a false-positive result in the Local Health Authority of Bologna (Italy)
| Autor: | Carmen Bazzani, Lorenzo Pizzi, Francesca Mezzetti, Lorena Squillace, Flavia Rallo, Gianni Saguatti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Diagnostic Screening Programs
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Science MEDLINE Breast Neoplasms Article 03 medical and health sciences Breast cancer screening 0302 clinical medicine Medical research Screening programs Medicine Humans False Positive Reactions 030212 general & internal medicine Early Detection of Cancer Aged Retrospective Studies Cancer Multidisciplinary medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Attendance Local health authority Middle Aged Test (assessment) False-positive result Cross-Sectional Studies Italy Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Electronic data Female Patient Participation business Mammography |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the likelihood of returning for routine breast cancer screening among women who have experienced a false-positive result (FPR) and to describe the possible individual and organizational factors that could influence subsequent attendance to the screening program. Several information were collected on demographic and clinical characteristics data. Electronic data from 2014 to 2016 related to breast screening program of the Local Health Authority (LHA) of Bologna (Italy) of women between 45 and 74 years old were reviewed. A total of 4847 women experienced an FPR during mammographic screening and were recalled to subsequent round; 80.2% adhered to the screening. Mean age was 54.2 ± 8.4 years old. Women resulted to be less likely to adhere to screening if they were not-Italian (p = 0.001), if they lived in the Bologna district (p p = 0.001), if the diagnostic tests were performed in a hospital with the less volume of activity and higher recall rate (RR) (p p |
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