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Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011396.pub2Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 10 February 2017see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane Breast Cancer Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Máirín O'Mahony

    Correspondence to: School of Nursing & Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    [email protected]

  • Harry Comber

    Cork Specialist Training Programme for General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  • Tony Fitzgerald

    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  • Mark A Corrigan

    Department of Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

  • Eileen Fitzgerald

    Newmarket, Cork, Ireland

  • Elizabeth A Grunfeld

    Centre for Technology Enabled Health Research (CTEHR), Coventry University, Coventry, UK

  • Maura G Flynn

    Nursing and Midwifery, Boston Scientific Health Sciences Library, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

  • Josephine Hegarty

    School of Nursing & Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Contributions of authors

  1. Drafted the protocol: MOM, JH, MGF

  2. Study selection: MOM, JH

  3. Extracted data from studies: MOM, JH

  4. Entered data into RevMan: MOM

  5. Carried out the analysis: MOM, JH, TF

  6. Interpreted the analysis: MOM, JH, HC, TF, MAC, EAG

  7. Drafted the final review: MOM, JH

  8. Disagreement resolution: MAC

  9. Updated the review: MOM

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Professor Eileen Savage PhD Med BNS RGN RCN RM, Ireland.

    Chair in Nursing & Head of School, and Colleagues in the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Ireland for their support in the completion of this review.

External sources

  • Health Research Board, Ireland.

    This review is funded by a Cochrane Fellowship awarded by the Health Research Board, Ireland

Declarations of interest

MOM: none known.
HC: none known.
TF: none known.
MAC: none known.
EF: none known.
EAG: none known.
MGF: none known.
JH: none known.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank: Ava Grace Tan‐Koay and Slavica Berber, Information Specialists of the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group (CBCG), for their support with the searches; Bita Mesgarpour (Assistant Professor in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, Director of National and International Affairs National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran), for assisting with translation of one of the papers; authors of included and excluded studies who were helpful in clarifying detail and providing additional data; and the Cochrane Breast Cancer Group, in particular Melina Willson, for support throughout the review process.

Version history

Published

Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2017 Feb 10

Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women

Review

Máirín O'Mahony, Harry Comber, Tony Fitzgerald, Mark A Corrigan, Eileen Fitzgerald, Elizabeth A Grunfeld, Maura G Flynn, Josephine Hegarty

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011396.pub2

2014 Dec 16

Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women

Protocol

Máirín O'Mahony, Harry Comber, Tony Fitzgerald, Mark Corrigan, Eileen Fitzgerald, Elizabeth A Grunfeld, Maura G Flynn, Josephine Hegarty

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011396

Differences between protocol and review

Knowledge of age‐related risk was added as a primary outcome as (i) it was a considered to be an important dimension of knowledge on breast cancer and breast cancer awareness overall and (ii) was specifically reported in the PEP study as an outcome measure for breast cancer awareness.

Confidence to check breasts was reported as frequency of breast checking in the PEP study, and as such within the current review.

Breast cancer awareness was added as (i) we had included the key dimensions of BCA i.e. knowledge of symptoms and confidence to check breasts as outcomes to include in the review (ii) it was considered a central construct to the review and (iii) it was reported as the primary outcome in the PEP study.

Other studies measuring breast cancer awareness would have been included provided they met the specific criteria for types of studies to include in the review. Where studies were non‐randomised, inclusion was dependent on (i) a control group and (ii) pre‐ and post‐test estimates of the effectiveness of the intervention.

Contribution of authors: MGF added to drafting of protocol.

Mark Corrigan details change to: Mark A Corrigan, Cork Breast Research Centre, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland. He now reads as MAC in text.

Search for Embase (via OvidSP) added as access to Embase.com platform no longer available.

Keywords

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Keywords

Medical Subject Headings Check Words

Aged; Female; Humans;

PICOs

Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome

The PICO model is widely used and taught in evidence-based health care as a strategy for formulating questions and search strategies and for characterizing clinical studies or meta-analyses. PICO stands for four different potential components of a clinical question: Patient, Population or Problem; Intervention; Comparison; Outcome.

See more on using PICO in the Cochrane Handbook.

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Study flow diagram.

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Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Risk of bias summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

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