What are the psychological factors influencing attendance, non-attendance and re-attendance at a breast screening centre?
We describe some preliminary findings from a pilot study using three recently developed questionnaires which assessed items such as the health beliefs, knowledge about cancer and attitudes to breast cancer screening in 242 women invited to attend for mammographic screening in South East London. We suggest that these questionnaires should be used in all regional centres both to monitor psychological variables and to identify local problems within the service which may be influencing the up-take of invitations to come for screening.
Fallowfield
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CRC Clinical Trials Centre, King's College School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rayne Institute, London.
Rodway
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Baum
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008327:Mammography / Q000523:psychology*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires