[A collaborative project of epidemiological research on the quality of care for the woman with a tumor. The Collaborative Research Group, the Barin Project].
The Barin Project aimed at evaluating the quality of health care for women affected by breast, ovarian and uterine cancer, using as a measure the satisfaction expressed by women. For 2 years women of the Associazione Coltivatori Diretti (a rural women association) accepted to report and describe a sample of contacts with health services, for any reason (symptoms, controls, exams) related, according to the women's perception, to cancer. 3,620 women participated in the survey: 2,313 (64%) completed questionnaires only 1,142 (50%) of them were of sufficient quality to be analysed. Data were compared with figures obtained in a previous survey on the same population and the following relevant changes were observed: the number of contacts with the general practitioner increased (27% vs 12%) and the number of women who underwent a screening almost doubled, with a sensible reduction of the delay due to the woman (2 vs 4 weeks of the previous survey). The number of episodes reporting an unfavourable evaluation of services and/or health personnel decreased from 41 to 3.8%.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
Progetto collaborativo di ricerca epidemiologica sulla qualità della cura della donna colpita da tumore. Gruppo Collaborativo di Ricerca, Progetto Barin.