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Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to test the viability of implementing two novel consumer-friendly delivery methods of information into the BreastScreen ACT screening program in order to reduce anxiety levels in women recalled for further testing. Who is it for? All women aged over 40 who are eligible for a free screening mammogram with BreastScreen ACT and literate in English will be invited to participate in this feasibility study. Study details Participants will be allocated to one of two groups depending on when they present for their follow up tests, after being recalled for further tests following the screening mammogram. Participants in one group will be given a combination of verbal and written information regarding the proportion of women recalled for further testing who subsequently receive a normal result and those that are diagnosed with breast cancer. Participants in the other group will receive current standard practice of BreastScreen ACT, which involves notifying women of the need for further tests via a phone call from a trained Nurse Counsellor only. All women will be asked to rate their anxiety levels on a questionnaire immediately prior to the screening mammogram and immediately prior to the recall for further tests appointment. This study will inform recruitment and retention strategies, as well as methodology, sample size and budgetary assumptions for a large scale study to determine which consumer-friendly delivery method is most effective in reducing levels of anxiety.
Interventions
This study uses two novel consumer-friendly delivery methods of information. The information delivered will be current statistical information published by BreastScreen Australia, which states that of 1000 women screened, 45 will be asked to return for further tests following the screening mammogram. Of this 45, 39 will receive a normal result and 6 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
The intervention will be the use of combined verbal (by phone) and written (by email) information, to as
This study uses two novel consumer-friendly delivery methods of information. The information delivered will be current statistical information published by BreastScreen Australia, which states that of 1000 women screened, 45 will be asked to return for further tests following the screening mammogram. Of this 45, 39 will receive a normal result and 6 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The intervention will be the use of combined verbal (by phone) and written (by email) information, to assess which consumer-friendly delivery method is most effective in reducing levels of anxiety. Participants in the intervention group will receive the intervention when notified of the need for the further tests, by a BreastScreen Nurse Counsellor. The verbal information will be provided in the same phone call, and the written intervention will be provided immediately after the phone call. The verbal intervention will be scripted, with Nursing staff following a pre-prepared intervention script. Only the intervention information will be scripted, normal core business processes will be followed when notifying women of the need for further tests - the intervention is designed to be considered as additional information provided to clients. The written intervention is a graphical demonstration of the current statistical rates of screening false positive and cancer detection rates in women recalled for further tests. This graphic is a published graphic by BreastScreen Australia. The email will be sent from a generic BreastScreen ACT email account, monitored by a single administrative personnel. Read receipts will be requested.
Sponsors
University of Canberra
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
All women eligible for a free screening mammogram with BreastScreen ACT and literate in English will be invited to participate in this feasibility study.
Exclusion criteria
Due to the nature of the survey requirements, only women over the age of 40 who are literate in English can participate.
Outcome results
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