Breast examinations in older women: questionnaire survey of attitudes of patients and doctors
| Autor: | Eugene Haigney, Rosemary Morgan, Branwell Spencer, Debra King |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Attitude of Health Personnel Physical examination Breast Neoplasms Audit Abbreviated mental test score Breast cancer Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Breast examination Humans Letters Physical Examination General Environmental Science Breast self-examination Aged Gynecology Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) General Engineering Questionnaire Breast Self-Examination General Medicine medicine.disease United Kingdom Family medicine Health Care Surveys General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female business Attitude to Health Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 315(7115) |
| ISSN: | 0959-8138 |
| Popis: | Breast examination is important in older women, in whom the incidence of breast cancer is higher.1 It is, however, an intimate examination, and older patients and doctors may be deterred for several reasons. The attitudes of older women to this procedure have not previously been established. Both this and the attitudes of doctors may determine whether the procedure remains part of the routine physical examination. The study was approved by the Wirral district's ethics committee. One hundred elderly (mean (range) age 83 (71-94) years) female inpatients (abbreviated mental test score 8/10 or more) were interviewed by a doctor not involved in their medical care. All patients were fully recovered from their acute illness. A questionnaire (available from us) was administered and the responses recorded. The case notes of the same 100 patients were audited by using a standardised proforma. One hundred hospital doctors working in two hospitals were given a questionnaire (available from us); 75 responded. Replies … |
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