Table 3.
Considerations at time of missed appointment (PNAs)/attended appointment (Controls).
| Time of first invitation Time of missed appointment |
(2007/08) (2007/08) |
(2010) - |
(2006 or earlier) (2007/08) |
(2008 or earlier) - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First PNA | First Control | P | Subsequent PNA | Subsequent Control | P | |||||
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |||
| Felt shy | 16 | (4.4) | 65 | (12.9) | <0.001** | 3 | (0.8) | 43 | (8.0) | <0.001** |
| Not comfortable asking for time off work | 12 | (3.3) | 20 | (4.0) | 0.604 | 12 | (3.1) | 27 | (5.0) | 0.151 |
| No screening at weekends/evenings | 13 | (3.6) | 27 | (5.4) | 0.216 | 10 | (2.6) | 28 | (5.2) | 0.047* |
| Loss of wages | 5 | (1.4) | 9 | (1.8) | 0.634 | 6 | (1.5) | 13 | (2.4) | 0.358 |
| Could not reschedule appointment | 21 | (5.8) | 5 | (1.0) | <0.001** | 32 | (8.2) | 2 | (0.4) | <0.001** |
| Trip too difficult | 24 | (6.6) | 37 | (7.3) | 0.671 | 25 | (6.4) | 15 | (2.8) | 0.007** |
| Disliked attending mobile | 7 | (1.9) | 16 | (3.2) | 0.257 | 11 | (2.8) | 25 | (4.6) | 0.160 |
| Breasts too large or too small | 5 | (1.4) | 19 | (3.8) | 0.034* | 7 | (1.5) | 30 | (5.6) | 0.004** |
| I thought/Earlier mammogram would be/was unpleasant | 34 | (9.3) | 137 | (27.2) | <0.001** | 32 | (8.2) | 51 | (9.4) | 0.521 |
| I thought/Earlier mammogram would be/was painful | 17 | (4.7) | 94 | (18.7) | <0.001** | 28 | (7.2) | 76 | (14.1) | 0.001** |
| I thought/Earlier mammogram would be/was too long | 11 | (3.0) | 17 | (3.4) | 0.773 | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (0.7) | 0.089 |
| Too busy | 42 | (11.5) | 66 | (13.1) | 0.493 | 55 | (14.1) | 89 | (16.5) | 0.330 |
| Invitation reassuring | 14 | (3.8) | 373 | (74.0) | <0.001** | 18 | (4.6) | 396 | (73.3) | <0.001** |
| Invitation unclear | 3 | (0.8) | 2 | (0.4) | 0.412 | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (0.4) | 0.230 |
| Invitation frightening | 28 | (7.7) | 39 | (7.7) | 0.980 | 9 | (2.3) | 32 | (5.91) | 0.008** |
| Concern re radiation | 12 | (3.3) | 27 | (5.4) | 0.148 | 12 | (3.1) | 34 | (6.3) | 0.026* |
| Fear of operation | 25 | (6.9) | 77 | (15.3) | <0.001** | 4 | (1.0) | 68 | (12.6) | <0.001** |
| GP examines breasts | 21 | (5.8) | 83 | (16.5) | <0.001** | 14 | (3.6) | 38 | (7.0) | 0.025* |
| GP will refer if needed | 8 | (2.2) | 30 | (6.0) | 0.008** | 5 | (1.3) | 12 | (2.2) | 0.293 |
| No symptoms | 18 | (4.9) | 193 | (38.3) | <0.001** | 24 | (6.2) | 141 | (26.1) | <0.001** |
| Never heard of BreastCheck before I got the invitation | 12 | (3.3) | 32 | (6.4) | 0.043* | - | - | - | - | N/A |
| Options for PNAs only (not relevant to controls) | ||||||||||
| Already had mammogram elsewhere | 120 | (33.3) | - | - | N/A | 55 | (14.1) | - | - | N/A |
| Screening does not work | 1 | (0.3) | - | - | N/A | 1 | (0.3) | - | - | N/A |
| Not interested | 3 | (0.8) | - | - | N/A | 0 | (0.0) | - | - | N/A |
| Did not receive invite | 42 | (11.5) | - | - | N/A | 19 | (4.9) | - | - | N/A |
| On holiday | 16 | (4.4) | - | - | N/A | 45 | (11.6) | - | - | N/A |
| Ill/ hospitalised | 12 | (3.3) | - | - | N/A | 42 | (10.8) | - | - | N/A |
| Postponed to next round | 61 | (16.8) | - | - | N/A | 73 | (18.8) | - | - | N/A |
| Forgot appointment | 45 | (12.4) | - | - | N/A | 72 | (18.5) | - | - | N/A |
| Already having treatment for cancer | 8 | (2.2) | - | - | N/A | 8 | (2.1) | - | - | N/A |
*P<0.05
**P<0.01