The Effect of Telephone Counseling and Education on Breast Cancer Screening in Family Caregivers of Breast Cancer Patients.
Khadijeh Nasiriani, Monireh Motevasselian, Farahnaz Farnia and 2 others
PMID 29043277WHAT IT FOUND
Telephone counseling and education by a nurse increased mammography use in women with a family history of breast cancer.
In the intervention group, mammography rose from 13.3% to 77.8%, compared with 24.4% in controls after the study period.
Key findings
01In the counseling group, mammography use changed from 13.3% before counseling to 77.8% after counseling.
02After counseling, mammography use was significantly higher in the counseling group than in controls (P<0.001).
03In controls, mammography use did not change significantly (P=0.791).
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What it does not show
Only one hospital in Yazd was used, so results may not apply elsewhere. The study planned 184 caregivers but analyzed 90, and many selected phone numbers were excluded. All outcomes were self-reported. Follow-up was only three months, so long-term screening behavior is unknown. The intervention was counseling and education together, so the study cannot show which part mattered.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that telephone contact alone increases mammography. The intervention was telephone counseling and education, and the study did not separate those components. The result also relied on self-report, and the follow-up was limited.