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Evaluating Mammography Communication Approaches
Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Summary
This is a randomized online experiment testing different methods for communicating about the benefits and harms of breast cancer screening. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental conditions which vary whether screening outcomes are referred to as "benefits and harms" vs. "outcomes that can happen with screening", and vary the presence or absence of information about improvements in breast cancer survivability. In a control condition, participants receive basic information about what mammography is (which is also information received in all other conditions). Primary outcomes include skepticism toward the information presented, and screening intentions.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
39 Years - 49 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1900
Start Date
2025-11-06
Completion Date
2027-11-30
Last Updated
2026-04-01
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Harm/benefit language vs. outcomes that can happen
Information about mortality benefit, false positives and overdiagnosis are referred to throughout the communication as either "harms" and "benefits" or "outcomes that can happen".
Breast cancer survivability information
Information about improvements over time in the survivability of breast cancer is provided vs. not
No intervention
This is the control condition in which only basic information about mammography screening.
Locations (1)
University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, Colorado, United States