Annette M. O’Connor|Chris Griffiths|Martin Underwood|Sandra Eldridge
Can postal prompts from general practitioners improve the uptake of breast screening? A randomised controlled trial in one east London general practice
London Borough of Hackney|Queen Mary University of London|Queen Mary University of London|Queen Mary University of London
determine effect uptake breast screening personalized letter general practitioner recommending mammography sent coincide invitation nhs breast screening programmerandomised control trial stratification prognostic variablesa group practice hackney east london473 women invited breast screening city east london breast screening serviceattendance mammographyall women randomised trial followed 134 236 57 randomly allocated receive prompting letter attended mammography compared 120 234 51 controls difference significant chi 2 143 p 023personal recommendation letter prompting attendance mammography general practitioner known best women due screened improve uptake breast screening east london practice strategies needed increase uptake mammography inner cities