An Exploration of Changes in the Measurement of Mammography in the National Health Interview Survey

Conclusions: Self-reports of mammography are sensitive to question wording. Researchers should use equivalent questions that have been designed to minimize response biases such as telescoping and social desirability. Impact: Trend analyses relying on differently worded questions may be misleading and conceal disparities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(11); 1611–8. ©2017 AACR.

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Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - October 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gonzales, F. A., Willis, G. B., Breen, N., Yan, T., Cronin, K. A., Taplin, S. H., Yu, M. Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research