Lapointe, Julie;
Côté, Jean-Martin;
Mbuya-Bienge, Cynthia;
Dorval, Michel;
Pashayan, Nora;
Chiquette, Jocelyne;
Eloy, Laurence;
... Nabi, Hermann; + view all
(2023)
Canadian Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Attitudes toward Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening.
Journal of Personalized Medicine
, 13
(7)
, Article 1027. 10.3390/jpm13071027.
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Abstract
Given the controversy over the effectiveness of age-based breast cancer (BC) screening, offering risk-stratified screening to women may be a way to improve patient outcomes with detection of earlier-stage disease. While this approach seems promising, its integration requires the buy-in of many stakeholders. In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed Canadian healthcare professionals about their views and attitudes toward a risk-stratified BC screening approach. An anonymous online questionnaire was disseminated through Canadian healthcare professional associations between November 2020 and May 2021. Information collected included attitudes toward BC screening recommendations based on individual risk, comfort and perceived readiness related to the possible implementation of this approach. Close to 90% of the 593 respondents agreed with increased frequency and earlier initiation of BC screening for women at high risk. However, only 9% agreed with the idea of not offering BC screening to women at very low risk. Respondents indicated that primary care physicians and nurse practitioners should play a leading role in the risk-stratified BC screening approach. This survey identifies health services and policy enhancements that would be needed to support future implementation of a risk-stratified BC screening approach in healthcare systems in Canada and other countries.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Canadian Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Attitudes toward Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/jpm13071027 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Breast cancer; health policies; health professionals; implementation; national health systems; perspectives; personalized screening; risk-based strategy; screening programs |
| 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 > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172949 |
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