Improving breast self-examination compliance: A Southwest Oncology Group randomized trial of three interventions

[摘要] Background. Only 20-40% of U.S. women conduct breast self-examination (BSE). This Southwest est Oncology Group experimental study compared the impact of three interventions on BSE compliance. Methods. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three arms: (1) physician message; (2) physician message and BSE class; or (3) physician message, BSE class, and reinforcement (phone and postcard). Compliance (frequency and accuracy) was measured by interview at intake and at 6 months and by phone contact at 1 year. Logistic and multiple regression were employed. Results. This analysis included 2,233 subjects hom six institutions. At 1 year the percentages of women doing BSE were 59, 62, and 18% for Arms 1-3, respectively; gains over intake frequency (27% average) mere significant within each arm (P less than or equal to 0.0001). At both 6 months and 1 year the differences between Arm 1 and Arm 2 average accuracy scares and the differences between Arm 2 and Arm 3 in the percentage of women doing BSE were significant (P less than or equal to 0.0001). Findings within institutions mere consistent with the overall findings. Conclusions. The addition of a BSE class increased accuracy over physician message alone; physician message, BSE class, and reinforcement gave the highest percentage of women doing BSE. (C) 1997 Academic Press.

[发布日期] 1997-05-01

[关键词] patient compliance;breast self-examination and training;health education;breast self-examination and reinforcement;breast self-examination and physicians