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Factors influencing the decision to attend screening

Factors influencing the decision to attend screening Picture credit: iStock This review of qualitative research evidence used techniques of meta-ethnography to analyse 34 studies. The studies investigated decisions to attend screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate, ovarian and lung cancer. The meta-analysis identified three overarching themes. The first was ‘relationships with the health service’ reflecting the degree of trust in the NHS, willingness or resistance to perceived surveillance as well as perceived failures to meet cultural and language needs. The second was ‘fear of cancer screening’. Four key sources of fear were screening invitations, the threat of cancer in the absence of screening, the threat of abnormal test results and screening methods. The third theme was ‘experiences of risk’. This included the creation of different personal levels of risk. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Primary Health Care Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Factors influencing the decision to attend screening

Drennan, Vari
Primary Health Care , Volume 27 (6) – Jun 28, 2017
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Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
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0264-5033
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10.7748/phc.27.6.11.s10
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Picture credit: iStock This review of qualitative research evidence used techniques of meta-ethnography to analyse 34 studies. The studies investigated decisions to attend screening for breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate, ovarian and lung cancer. The meta-analysis identified three overarching themes. The first was ‘relationships with the health service’ reflecting the degree of trust in the NHS, willingness or resistance to perceived surveillance as well as perceived failures to meet cultural and language needs. The second was ‘fear of cancer screening’. Four key sources of fear were screening invitations, the threat of cancer in the absence of screening, the threat of abnormal test results and screening methods. The third theme was ‘experiences of risk’. This included the creation of different personal levels of risk.

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Primary Health Care – Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Published: Jun 28, 2017

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