PMID: 9439181Jan 24, 1998Paper

Cancer screening guideline preference surveys: physicians' perceptions of the American Cancer Society

Tennessee Medicine : Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association
J Hamblin, P D Connor

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to assess cancer screening guideline preference by Tennessee internists and family physicians. A one-page, 14-item survey was mailed to 580 internists and family physicians followed by a reminder postcard and a second survey within six weeks of the original mailing. The survey addressed physician practice characteristics, specific preferred cancer screening guidelines used, and self-evaluation of cancer screening and detection practices compared with the practice of coronary artery disease risk and prevention, depression, and obesity/adult-onset diabetes mellitus. Internal medicine and family physicians in Tennessee. The overall survey response rate was 57% (N = 300). Of respondents, 83.4% were male and 16.6% were female. Eighty-three percent were board-certified, 30% had subspecialty training, and 62% practiced in a solo practice or a single-specialty group. There were few differences in guideline preference between generalists and subspecialists. Approximately 52% of respondents cited American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines, 1.7% used US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines, 34% cited a compilation of various guidelines, and 10% used no guidelines. More physicians rated t...Continue Reading

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