Modeling the Outcome of the Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program's 2003 Result Letter Survey

• Activity Number: 200
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 9:00 AM to 10:50 AM
• Sponsor: Section on Health Policy Statistics
• Author(s): Jacqueline Gregory*+ and Zeva Mah and Carolyn Pim
• Companies: Alberta Cancer Board and Alberta Cancer Board and Alberta Cancer Board
• Keywords: cancer ; screening ; survey ; modeling ; logistic regression

Abstract

Few cervical cancer screening programs send correspondence directly to women. The purpose of this survey was to measure the perceived helpfulness of five types of correspondence from the Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program. The survey was a pre-tested 20-item RDD telephone survey for women aged 18-69. 1,000 women responded (62% response rate). 86% had had a Pap test less than three years ago. Women who had hysterectomies were excluded. Younger women (p< 0.01) would find it more helpful if the program sent them Pap test and cervical cancer screening information or overdue followup letters. Reminders were seen as more helpful by women who were: younger (p< 0.01), without a regular doctor (p=0.05), and without a recent Pap test (p< 0.01). Normal and abnormal result letters were considered more helpful to women who were: younger (p=0.02, p< 0.01), less educated (p=0.01, NS), without a regular health center (p=0.02, p=0.02), and without a recent Pap test (p< 0.01, p< 0.01). Women perceived program correspondence as being helpful.