Journal of Medical Screening > Volume 8, Number 3 > Pp. 145-148

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False positive results do not have a negative effect on reattendance for subsequent breast screening

I. O'Sullivan, S. Sutton, S. Dixon and N. Perry , Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK NHS Breast Screening Programme London, Quality Assurance Reference Centr

OBJECTIVES:To find out whether a false positive breast screening result has a negative effect on subsequent screening attendance. Also considered was the proportion of women who had ever failed to reattend for screening, having previously attended routinely. DESIGN:The study was a retrospective cohort design. SETTING:Data from the call and recall records of the Central and East London Breast Screening Service (CELBSS) were used. PARTICIPANTS:Women who had been invited to attend for breast screening by the CELBSS during 1997. Main outcome measures—Subsequent attendance or non-attendance for the next routine breast screen, after a false positive screening result. RESULTS:A substantial number of women failed to reattend for a breast screen during their screening history, having attended for their previous routine breast screen. No differences in the rates of reattendance were found between those who had previously received a false positive result and those who had not. CONCLUSION:From the results obtained in the present study it would seem that the experience of a false positive breast screen does not deter women from reattending in the future. However, many women living in inner city areas who attend for an initial breast screen are failing to attend for subsequent routine mammograms. This may have a deleterious effect for these women in terms of the benefits of attendance for regular screening.

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