Journal of general internal medicine
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Review Meta Analysis
Use of patient decision aids increased younger women's reluctance to begin screening mammography: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
As breast cancer screening guidelines have changed recently, additional investigation is needed to understand changes in women's behavior after using breast cancer screening patient decision aids (BCS-PtDAs) and the potential effect on mammography utilization. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate the effect of BCS-PtDAs on changes in women's intentions to undergo screening mammography and whether women deciding to begin or discontinue screening mammography displayed similar changes in screening intentions after using a BCS-PtDA. ⋯ The protocol of this review is registered in the PROSPERO database, #CRD42016036695.