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Disability and participation in breast and bowel cancer screening in England: a large prospective study

Floud, S; Barnes, I; Verfurden, M; Kuper, H; Gathani, T; Blanks, RG; Alison, R; ... Reeves, GK; + view all (2017) Disability and participation in breast and bowel cancer screening in England: a large prospective study. British Journal of Cancer , 117 (11) pp. 1711-1714. 10.1038/bjc.2017.331. Green open access

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Abstract

Background: There is limited information about participation in organised population-wide screening programmes by people with disabilities. Methods: Data from the National Health Service routine screening programmes in England were linked to information on disability reported by the Million Women Study cohort participants. Results: Of the 473 185 women offered routine breast or bowel cancer screening, 23% reported some disability. Women with disabilities were less likely than other women to participate in breast cancer screening (RR=0.64, 95% CI: 0.62–0.65) and in bowel cancer screening (RR=0.75, 0.73–0.76). Difficulties with self-care or vision were associated with the greatest reduction in screening participation. Conclusion: Participation in routine cancer screening programmes in England is reduced in people with disabilities and participation varies by type of disability.

Type: Article
Title: Disability and participation in breast and bowel cancer screening in England: a large prospective study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.331
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.331
Language: English
Additional information: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: disability, screening, participation, bowel cancer, breast cancer
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116985
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