Willingness of healthcare providers to perform population-based cancer screening : a cross-sectional study in primary healthcare institutions in Tianjin, China

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the willingness of healthcare providers to perform population-based screening in primary healthcare institutions in China.

METHODS: Healthcare providers of 262 primary healthcare institutions in Tianjin were invited to fill out a questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, workload, and knowledge of, attitude towards and willingness to perform breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening. Willingness to screen was the primary outcome. Multilevel logistic regression models were conducted to analyse the determinants of healthcare providers' willingness to screen. ORs and 95% CIs were estimated.

RESULTS: A total of 554 healthcare providers from 244 institutions answered the questionnaire. 67.2%, 72.1% and 74.3% were willing to perform breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening, respectively. A negative attitude towards screening was associated with a low willingness for cervical (OR=0.27; 95% CI 0.08, 0.94) and colorectal (OR=0.08; 95% CI 0.02, 0.30) cancer screening, while this was not statistically significant for breast cancer screening (OR=0.30; 95% CI 0.08, 1.12). For breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening, 70.1%, 63.8% and 59.0% of healthcare providers reported a shortage of staff dedicated to screening. A perceived reasonable manpower allocation was a determinant of increased willingness to perform breast (OR=2.86; 95% CI 1.03, 7.88) and colorectal (OR=2.70; 95% CI 1.22, 5.99) cancer screening. However, this was not significant for cervical cancer screening (OR=1.76; 95% CI 0.74, 4.18).

CONCLUSIONS: In China, healthcare providers with a positive attitude towards screening have a stronger willingness to contribute to cancer screening, and therefore healthcare providers' attitude, recognition of the importance of screening and acceptable workload should be optimised to improve the uptake of cancer screening.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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BMJ open - 14(2024), 4 vom: 02. Apr., Seite e075604

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Senshuang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaorui [VerfasserIn]
Greuter, Marcel J W [VerfasserIn]
de Bock, Geertruida H [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Wenli [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast tumours
Gastrointestinal tumours
Gynaecological oncology
Health policy
Journal Article
Mass Screening
Primary Health Care

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Date Completed 05.04.2024

Date Revised 06.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075604

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NLM370591003