Breast cancer screening - focusing on women with a benign/false-positive outcome. Cancer Breast cancer screening
Conditions
Interventions
The two study arms are as follows:
1. Four weeks of delivering benign results in-person, followed by 4 weeks of delivering benign results over the telephone (with this sequence repeate
Sponsors
Warwick Medical School Sponsorship
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women who are attending asymptomatic breast screening as part of the NHSBSP 2. Women of recommended screening age (47-73) 3. Women must receive a biopsy test as part of their assessment clinic 4. Only women who receive a benign (B2) result will be included from time 2 onwards 5. Women who have English as a first or second language
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women presenting symptomatically to the breast screening clinic 2. Women outside of the recommended screening age 3. Women who are diagnosed with any result other than benign (e.g. cancer, inconclusive) 4. Women who not receive a biopsy test 5. Women who do not have English as a first or second language 6. Women who do not have the capacity to consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety is measured using the Psychological Consequences Questionniare, PCQ, at baseline, after results have been delivered, three months and six months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Understanding is measured using a two-question measure in the survey at time point, developed by the lead researcher, is a basic two question measure of objective and subjective understanding at baseline, after results have been delivered, three months and six months.. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactSian Williamson
Outcome results
None listed