Peer navigation improves diagnostic follow-up after breast cancer screening among Korean American women: results of a randomized trial
Peer navigation improves diagnostic follow-up after breast cancer screening among Korean American women: results of a randomized trial
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DOI:
10.1007/s10552-010-9621-7
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发表时间:
2010-11-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Bastani, Roshan
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作者:
Maxwell, Annette E.;Jo, Angela M.;Bastani, Roshan
To test an intervention to increase adherence to diagnostic follow-up tests among Asian American women.Korean American women who were referred for a diagnostic follow-up test (mainly diagnostic mammograms) and who had missed their follow-up appointment were eligible to participate in the study. Women from two clinics (n = 176) were randomly allocated to a usual care control arm or a peer navigator intervention arm. A 20-min telephone survey was administered to women in both study arms six months after they were identified to assess demographic and socio-economic characteristics and the primary outcome, self-reported completion of the recommended follow-up exam.Among women who completed the survey at six-month follow-up, self-reported completion of follow-up procedures was 97% in the intervention arm and 67% in the control arm (p < 0.001). Based on an intent-to-treat analysis of all women who were randomized and an assumption of no completion of follow-up exam for women with missing outcome data, self-reported completion of follow-up was 61% in the intervention arm and 46% in the usual care control arm (p < 0.069).Our results suggest that a peer navigator intervention to assist Korean American women to obtain follow-up diagnostic tests after an abnormal breast cancer screening test is efficacious.