%0 Journal Article
%T The association between general practitioners¡¯ attitudes towards breast cancer screening and women¡¯s screening participation
%A Line F Jensen
%A Thomas Mukai
%A Berit Andersen
%A Peter Vedsted
%J BMC Cancer
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1471-2407-12-254
%X Data on women¡¯s screening participation was obtained from the regional screening authorities. Data on GPs¡¯ attitudes towards breast cancer screening was taken from a previous survey among GPs in the Central Denmark Region. This study included women aged 50-69 years who were registered with a singlehanded GP who had participated in the survey.The survey involved 67 singlehanded GPs with a total of 13,288 women on their lists. Five GPs (7%) had a negative attitude towards breast cancer screening. Among registered women, 81% participated in the first screening round. Multivariate analyses revealed that women registered with a GP with a negative attitude towards breast cancer screening were 17% (95% CI: 2-34%) more likely to be non-participants compared with women registered with a GP with a positive attitude towards breast cancer screening.The GPs' attitudes may influence the participation rate even in a system where GPs are not directly involved in the screening process. However, further studies are needed to investigate this association.
%K Breast cancer screening
%K Participation
%K General practice
%U http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/254/abstract