WEM-Quant
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Women's Experiences of Mammography: quantitative evaluation
IRAS ID
199665
Contact name
Patsy Whelehan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Dundee
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
pending, ClinicalTrials.gov
Duration of Study in the UK
12 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Title:
Measuring the quality of women's experiences of mammography
Background:
Breast screening uses breast X-rays (mammograms) to detect breast cancer as early as possible, before any lumps can be felt. If women attend regularly, it can increase their chances of surviving a breast cancer. Some women find the mammogram so painful or unpleasant that they decide not to keep attending. We are working to find ways of making the mammography experience as pleasant as possible for all women.
Aims:
We wish to improve how we can judge whether women are given a good experience when they have a mammogram. The study will also start to look for practical solutions to make mammogram experiences as good as they can be.
We have drafted questionnaires to capture information about women’s experiences of mammography, and what might make the experience better or worse. The first part of the study will be to ask mammography staff whether these questionnaires are asking the right questions. The second part will be to ask up to 20 women who qualify for breast screening whether the questions are clear and easy to understand.
The main part of the study will be to write to women who have just been invited for breast screening and ask them to fill in one questionnaire before they come for screening (if they decide to come). They will then fill in two very short questionnaires when they come for their mammogram, one before and one after. We will ask them whether we can later look at their mammograms and their breast screening records, to get relevant information that can’t come from questionnaires. We will then put all the information together to help understand what makes the experience better for some women than others.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1
REC reference
16/ES/0083
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion