Evaluation of a mammography decision aid for women 75 and older at risk for lower health literacy in a pretest-posttest trial

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OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of the effect of a mammography decision aid (DA) designed for older women at risk for lower health literacy (LHL) on their knowledge of mammography's benefits and harms and decisional conflict.

METHODS: Using a pretest-posttest design, women > 75 years at risk for LHL reviewing a mammography DA before and after their [B] primary care provider visit. Women were recruited from an academic medical center and community health centers and clinics.

RESULTS: Of 147 eligible women approached, 43 participated. Receipt of the DA significantly affected knowledge of mammography's benefits and harms [B] (pre-test (M = 3.75, SD = 1.05) to post-test (M = 4.42, SD = 1.19), p = .03). Receipt of the DA did not significantly affect decisional conflict (pre-test (M = 3.10, SD = .97) to post-test (M = 3.23, SD = 1.02), p = .71, higher scores = lower decisional conflict). The majority of the women (97%) indicated that the DA was helpful.

CONCLUSIONS: Women found a mammography screening DA helpful and its use was associated with these women having increased knowledge of mammography's benefits and harms.

PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: With the shift toward shared decision-making for women > 75 years, there is a need to engage women of all literacy levels to participate in these decisions and have tools such as the one tested in this study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:104

Enthalten in:

Patient education and counseling - 104(2021), 9 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 2344-2350

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cadet, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Aliberti, Gianna [VerfasserIn]
Karamourtopoulos, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Jacobson, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Gilliam, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Primeau, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Schonberg, Mara A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Health literacy
Journal Article
Mammography decision aid
Older women
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Screening

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Date Completed 31.08.2021

Date Revised 02.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pec.2021.02.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321955005