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Can postal prompts from general practitioners improve the uptake of breast screening? A randomised controlled trial in one east London general practice
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O'Connor, A. M., Griffiths, C. J., Underwood, Martin and Eldridge, S. (1998) Can postal prompts from general practitioners improve the uptake of breast screening? A randomised controlled trial in one east London general practice. Journal of Medical Screening, 5 (1). pp. 49-52. doi:10.1136/jms.5.1.49 ISSN 0969-1413.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jms.5.1.49
Abstract
Objective - To determine the effect on the uptake of breast screening of a personalised letter from the general practitioner recommending mammography, sent to coincide with an invitation from the NHS breast screening programme. Design - Randomised control trial with stratification of prognostic variables. Setting - A group practice in Hackney, east London. Subjects - 473 women invited for breast screening by the City and East London Breast Screening Service. Outcome measure - Attendance for mammography. Results - All women in the randomised trial were followed up; 134 of 236 (57%) randomly allocated to receive the prompting letter attended for mammography compared with 120 of 234 (51%) controls. This difference was not significant (χ2 =1.43, p=0.23) Conclusion - Personal recommendation by a letter prompting attendance for mammography from the general practitioner known best to women due to be screened did not improve uptake of breast screening in this east London practice. Other strategies are needed to increase uptake of mammography in inner cities.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Medical Screening | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0969-1413 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 March 1998 | ||||
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| Volume: | 5 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 49-52 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1136/jms.5.1.49 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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