“…The uptake rate was variable across England and may have depended on a number of factors, including rurality and deprivation. Others have also found that deprivation and distance to travel to the screening centre affect uptake. Ensuring equality of information and access to AAA screening among men in England may mean improving communication to enhance awareness, and expanding the use of the AAA decision support tool.…”
“…The uptake rate was variable across England and may have depended on a number of factors, including rurality and deprivation. Others have also found that deprivation and distance to travel to the screening centre affect uptake. Ensuring equality of information and access to AAA screening among men in England may mean improving communication to enhance awareness, and expanding the use of the AAA decision support tool.…”
“…This is quite variable, however, and local factors, such as access to screening centres and local publicity can make a difference. 12 Second, men in deprived areas are more likely to decline to be screened. It is generally believed that the prevalence of AAA is higher in men who do not attend for AAA screening, possibly as a result of their attitude to their own health.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…4 Similar studies have been reported from Sweden 15 and Scotland. 12 The links among age, social deprivation, and ethnicity are complex. Most recently, rurality (distance from the nearby city centre) has been shown to affect attendance for AAA screening, 12 but with complex local interaction.…”
Social deprivation affects uptake of AAA screening in 65 year old men. Local factors are the most important determinants of uptake, so solutions to improve uptake must be designed at local, not national level.
“…Access is not limited just by the screening criteria, but also by the ability and willingness of individuals to attend. It has been thought that those living more remotely or rurally would respond less frequently to screening, but this has been disproven, suggesting that response rates in smaller districts are as good if not better than those in large urban communities. Those from lower socioeconomic settings do, however, respond less frequently.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Measures to improve response rates are always a challenge to screening programmes. Inviting people to be screened at smaller local units appears to improve attendance compared with attending more centralized locations.…”
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