American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 30.e1-30.e7 , July 2011

Attitudes of women in their forties toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines: a randomized trial on the effects of media exposure

Presented as a poster at the 59th Annual Clinical Meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, April 30-May 4, 2011, Washington, DC.

  • AuTumn S. Davidson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: AuTumn Davidson, MD, PGy3, University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Obstetrics-Gynecology Resident, 119 Belmont St., Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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  • Xun Liao, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • ,
  • B. Dale Magee, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
    • Division of Public Health, Worcester, MA

Received 7 January 2011 ,Revised 22 March 2011 ,Accepted 5 April 2011.

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    Consort flow sheet

    Davidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

    Consort flow sheet

    Davidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

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    Estimated lifetime risk of breast cancer

    Fully 43% of respondants estimated lifetime risk of breast cancer at 36% or greater, whereas only 11% felt that the risk was 12% or less (the average lifetime r

    Estimated lifetime risk of breast cancer

    Fully 43% of respondants estimated lifetime risk of breast cancer at 36% or greater, whereas only 11% felt that the risk was 12% or less (the average lifetime risk for this age group is approximately 12%). The average response was 37%, and 78% of respondents felt that the risk exceeded 12%.

    Davidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

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    Attitudes toward mammography screening guideline changes by articleDavidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

    Attitudes toward mammography screening guideline changes by article

    Davidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

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    Attitudes of women with prior false-positive mammogramWomen with a prior false-positive mammogram are less likely than those without to feel comfortable delaying mammography until age 50 years.Davidso

    Attitudes of women with prior false-positive mammogram

    Women with a prior false-positive mammogram are less likely than those without to feel comfortable delaying mammography until age 50 years.

    Davidson. Women's attitudes toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011.

 Cite this article as: Davidson AS, Liao X, Magee BD. Attitudes of women in their forties toward the 2009 USPSTF mammogram guidelines: a randomized trial on the effects of media exposure. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011;205:30.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(11)00451-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.005

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 205, Issue 1 , Pages 30.e1-30.e7 , July 2011

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