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The Effects of Obesity and Mobility Disability in Access to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in France: Results from the National Health and Disability Survey

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to disentangle the effects of obesity and mobility limitation on cervical and breast cancer screening among community dwelling women. METHODS: The data source was the French national Health and Disability Survey - Household Section, 2008. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to ca...

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Autores principales: Bussière, Clémence, Sicsic, Jonathan, Pelletier-Fleury, Nathalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4136821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25133662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104901
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: We aimed to disentangle the effects of obesity and mobility limitation on cervical and breast cancer screening among community dwelling women. METHODS: The data source was the French national Health and Disability Survey - Household Section, 2008. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to categorize obesity status. We constructed a continuous score of mobility limitations to assess the severity of disability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.84). Logistic regressions were performed to examine the association between obesity, mobility limitations and the use of Pap test (n = 8 133) and the use of mammography (n = 7 561). Adjusted odds ratios were calculated (AOR). Interaction terms between obesity and the disability score were included in models testing for effect modifications. RESULTS: Compared with non-obese women, the odds of having a Pap test in the past 3 years was 24% lower in obese women (AOR = 0.76; 95% CI: 0.65 to 0.89), the odds of having a mammogram in the past 2 years was 23% lower (AOR = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.66 to 0.91). Each time the disability score was 5 points higher, the odds of having a Pap test decreases by 20% (AOR = 0.96; 95% CI: 0.94 to 0.98), the odds of having a mammogram decreases by 25% (AOR = 0.95; 95% CI: 0.94 to 0.97). There was no significant interaction between obesity and disability score. CONCLUSION: Obesity and mobility limitation are independently associated with a lower likelihood of cervical and breast cancer screening. Protective outreach and follow-up are necessary to reduce inequalities and thus to reduce health disparities in these vulnerable and high-risk populations of obese women with disabilities.