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

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 St...

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Autores principales: Floud, S, Barnes, I, Verfürden, M, Kuper, H, Gathani, T, Blanks, R G, Alison, R, Patnick, J, Beral, V, Green, J, Reeves, G K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28972966
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.331
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Sumario: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.

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