Objectives: To explore how women aged 50-69 invited to BreastScreen Norway perceived the information provided along with the invitation letter, as well as time spent on reading this information.
Methods: An anonymous questionnaire was sent, as a paper-based form along with a physical invitation letter, or as a link to a digital form in a digital invitation letter, to 84,543 women invited to BreastScreen Norway in 2022. The paper-based forms were handed in upon screening attendance. The women were invited to screening by physical or digital invitation including an information leaflet describing benefits and harms, or a link to similar information on a webpage. The questionnaire assessed women's perception of the information and time spent on reading it. Responses were presented by screening invitation type (physical/digital).
Results: A total of 9.9% (8355/84,543) of the women responded to the questionnaire. Among women invited by a physical letter, information about the screening examination and about benefits and harms was considered sufficient by 90% (4338/4797) and 89% (4246/4790), respectively, and 92% (4246/4790) reported the information to be sufficient to make an informed decision on participation. Among those invited digitally, the percentages were 83% (2788/3379), 78% (2618/3369), and 88% (2962/3370), respectively. About 59% (4807/8169) spent <5 min reading the information.
Conclusions: Most of the respondents perceived the information received upon invitation to BreastScreen Norway sufficient to make an informed decision on participation and used <5 min to read the information. The results should be interpreted with caution due to the low response rate.
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Am J Epidemiol
October 2024
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 4, N-0130 Oslo, Norway.
Age at menopause varies considerably among women and is linked to health after menopause. Body mass index is associated with age at natural menopause, but the influence of weight change remains unclear. Thus, we studied associations of adolescent to midlife weight change with age at natural menopause.
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October 2024
Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Aims: Reproductive history conveys information about potential health risks later in adulthood. This study aimed to examine the validity of self-reported number of pregnancies and maternal age at first birth (AFB) among females attending BreastScreen Norway.
Methods: Participants were identified through the Janus Serum Bank cohort in Norway and were eligible for this cross-sectional validation study if they participated in a health survey issued by BreastScreen Norway between 2006 and 2015.
J Med Screen
September 2024
Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Objectives: To explore how women aged 50-69 invited to BreastScreen Norway perceived the information provided along with the invitation letter, as well as time spent on reading this information.
Methods: An anonymous questionnaire was sent, as a paper-based form along with a physical invitation letter, or as a link to a digital form in a digital invitation letter, to 84,543 women invited to BreastScreen Norway in 2022. The paper-based forms were handed in upon screening attendance.
J Migr Health
March 2024
Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Introduction: We have previously shown that immigrants have lower attendance in BreastScreen Norway than non-immigrants and that non-Western immigrants have lower incidence of breast cancer, but more advanced disease.
Purpose: To compare breast cancer-specific survival for immigrants versus non-immigrants diagnosed with screen-detected or symptomatic breast cancer.
Material And Methods: We analyzed data from 28,320 women aged 50-69 diagnosed with breast cancer after being invited to BreastScreen Norway.
Eur J Radiol
October 2024
Section for Breast Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Purpose: To explore the association between radiologists' interpretation scores, early performance measures and cumulative reading volume in mammographic screening.
Method: We analyzed 1,689,731 screening examinations (3,379,462 breasts) from BreastScreen Norway 2012-2020, all breasts scored 1-5 by two independent radiologists. Score 1 was considered negative/benign and score ≥2 positive in this scoring system.
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