Authors/year/Country/setting | Aim | Participant characteristics | Method (Study design, sampling strategy and method of data collection and analysis) | BC personalized screening project |
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[28] UK; National Health Service Breast Screening Program | Explore prospective acceptability of possible risk-stratified breast screening (RSBS) scenarios in which screening frequency, age-range of eligibility and number of risk groups might vary. | 25 women participants in screening with and without a family BC history | Qualitative Intentional Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | No |
[23] UK; National Health Service Breast Screening Program | To elicit the views of women at low-risk about receiving this information, and their acceptability of less frequent breast cancer screening invites. | 23 women at low-risk for breast cancer | Qualitative Intentional Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | BC-Predict |
[38] Australia; The state breast screening program in Victoria and Parkville Family Cancer Center | To determine the acceptability of a to assign personalized BC risk assessments compared to standard current | 31 women with and without a family history of breast cancer | Qualitative Intentional Focus groups interviews Questionnaire Thematic analysis | No |
[22] UK; Areas of East Lancashire, London | To explore the views women and assess the acceptability have toward the implementation of risk stratified screening | 19 British-Pakistani women from low socioeconomic | Qualitative Intentional Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | BC-Predict |
[24] Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden; Studies on personalized screening: PRISMA, PROCAS and KARMA | To explore women’s perceptions of the implementation and organization of risk-based breast cancer screening and prevention. | 143 women participating in three prospective cohort studies of personalized breast cancer screening | Qualitative Intentional Focus groups Questionnaire Thematic analysis | PRISMA, PROCAS and KARMA |
[25] Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Sweden; Studies on personalized screening: PRISMA, PROCAS and KARMA | To evaluate the adoption of risk‐based breast cancer screening and prevention by exploring perceptions of women. | 143 women participating in three prospective cohort studies of personalized breast cancer screening | Qualitative Intentional Focus groups Thematic analysis | PRISMA, PROCAS and KARMA |
[29] Australia; Victoria, LifePool cohort women | To explore breast screening participants’ views of the current program and examine their openness to change, and attitudes toward an individualized screening model. | 52 women participants in the current breast cancer early detection program | Qualitative Intentional Focus groups Thematic analysis | No |
[18] United States; New Hampshire and Vermont | To explore women’s views and personal acceptability of a potential risk-based mammography screening paradigm. | 29 women residents of New Hampshire and Vermont | Qualitative For convenience Focus groups Questionnaire Content analysis and grounded theory | No |
[37] United States; The Chicago Breast cancer in low-income primary care clinics | To explore the views on individual risk assessment of women of color and low-income women identified as being at increased risk of breast cancer. | 13 Women high risk without previous history of breast cancer | Qualitative Intentional Semi-structured interviews Content analysis | No |
[27] Spain; Primary Care Units in Barcelona and Lleida | To explore the barriers and facilitators of implementing a risk-based breast cancer screening program from the point of view of Healthcare professionals. | 29 Healthcare professionals work area in relation to breast cancer | Socio-constructivist qualitative Theoretical Focus groups Thematic analysis | DECIDO |
[30] UK; National Health Service Breast Screening Program | To elicit views regarding implementing less frequent screening for low-risk women from Healthcare professionals who implement risk-stratified screening. | 28 Healthcare professionals work area in relation to breast cancer | Qualitative Intentional Focus groups Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | BC-Predict |
[31] Canada; Breast cancer genetic counselling and screening services, Québec province | To explore Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of the application of a population-based approach to BC risk stratification. | 15 Healthcare professionals directly involved in breast cancer genetic counselling or screening | Qualitative explorative Intentional and snowball sampling Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | PERSPECTIVE |
[26] UK; National Health Service Breast Screening Program | To obtain the views of national health policy makers on the implementation of less frequent screening intervals for low-risk women. | 17 Healthcare professionals directly or indirectly associated with the National Screening Committee and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | Qualitative Intentional Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | BC-Predict |
[33] Canada; Breast Screening Program, Quebec province | To examine equity in the delivery of services for the risk-based approach through stakeholder perceptions. | 13 Professionals involved in the management, implementation or evaluation of the screening program | Qualitative Intentional and snowball sampling Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | PERSPECTIVE |
[34] Canada; Centre Local de Services Communautaire, Montreal province | To explore the feasibility of any proposed implementation strategies for targeted breast cancer screening and to optimize communication tools for the risk stratification model | 11 Healthcare professionals work area in relation to breast cancer | Qualitative descriptive Intentional Deliberative stakeholder consultations Thematic analysis | PERSPECTIVE |
[36] Canada; Breast Screening Program, Quebec province | To explore the acceptability of different proposals for each step of women’s trajectory in the health care system in the event that a personalized approach. | 20 Healthcare professionals work area in relation to breast cancer programs and in the policy | Qualitative descriptive Intentional and snowball sampling Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | PERSPECTIVE |
[32] Germany; Gynaecology department of Munich Technical University; Munich | To assist doctors and screening participants in participatory decision-making. | 15 physicians and professionals representatives of the public health service | Qualitative explorative Intentional Focus groups Content analysis | RISIKOLOTSE.DE |
[35] Canada; Breast Screening Program, Quebec province | Analysis of decision-makers’ perspectives on genetic testing and insurance, as well as general insurability issues in the context of a risk stratification approach to breast cancer screening and prevention. | 14 professionals’ decision-makers involved in the management of breast cancer screening programs and policies | Mixed design Intentional Semi-structured interviews Thematic analysis | PERSPECTIVE |