Development of intervention program to facilitate middle-aged women's use of mammography testing and its efficacy

本研究探讨了影响日本中年妇女接受乳房X光检查意愿的心理社会因素，以及她们实际使用乳房X光检查的情况，主要结果如下：（1）风险认知和癌症担忧影响接受乳房X光检查的意愿。(2)使用乳房X线摄影的意图和过去乳房X线摄影的使用预测未来乳房X线摄影的使用。(3)在没有接受任何乳房X光检查的中年妇女的8个月随访期间，寻求有关乳房X光检查的信息是使用乳房X光检查的最强预测因素。

We examined the psychosocial factors affecting middle-aged Japanese women's intentions to undergo mammography, as well as their actual usage longitudinally.The main results were as follows: (1) Perceived risk and cancer worry affected the intention of undergoing mammography. (2) Intention to use mammography and past mammography usage predicted future usage of mammography. (3) Information seeking about mammography was the strongest predictor of using mammography during the eight-month follow-up period of middle-aged women who had not undergone any mammography testing.