Participant satisfaction and value in American Academy of Dermatology and American Cancer Society skin cancer screening programs in Massachusetts. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: More than 1 million Americans have attended the American Academy of Dermatology's Melanoma/Skin Cancer Screening Programs since 1985. However, there have been no reports of the participants' perceived value, satisfaction, and benefits of skin cancer screening. OBJECTIVE: We attempted to measure the benefits and subsequent screening practices of persons with presumptive positive screening diagnoses. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire was sent to participants with positive screening diagnoses in Massachusetts. RESULTS: Of the 643 respondents, 81% rated their satisfaction as high and 84% had similar ratings for the value of the screening. Screenings apparently led to an increase in self-screening (60% before screening compared with 84% after screening). CONCLUSION: Although screening appears to have relatively strong benefits, further studies should be conducted nationally.

publication date

  • April 1, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Dermatology
  • Mass Screening
  • Melanoma
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Societies, Medical

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0032993925

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70438-x

PubMed ID

  • 10188674

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 4