Open AccessCancer anxiety and attitudes toward mammography among screening attenders, nonattenders, and women never invited.
Author(s) -
Inger Torhild Gram,
Suzanne E. Slenker
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.2.249
Subject(s) - medicine , mammography , anxiety , population , breast cancer , family medicine , breast cancer screening , demography , mammography screening , obstetrics , gynecology , cancer , clinical psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology
A mailed questionnaire survey was conducted among the following groups: 179 women who screened false positive at a free mammography screening; a random sample of 250 women who screened negative; 670 nonattenders of the screening; and a random population sample of 250 women who lived in another city and were not invited, but were otherwise comparable. The most frequently reported reason for nonattendance was not having the opportunity. Furthermore, only 18% of the nonattenders reported anxiety about breast cancer compared with 33% of the population sample (P less than .05). Ninety-nine percent of the women who attended indicated a positive attitude toward mammography that had not been adversely affected by screening experiences.