8. Informing women about their results
Further assessment: letter followed by a phone call
Issued on: June 2018
Healthcare question
Should a letter followed by a phone call to remind vs. a letter alone be used for inviting women for further diagnostic assessment?
Recommendation
The ECIBC's Guidelines Development Group (GDG) suggests using a letter followed by a phone call over a letter alone for inviting women for further diagnostic assessment, in the context of an organised population-based screening programme.
Recommendation strength
| Conditional recommendation |
| Low certainty of the evidence |
Justification
The GDG made a conditional recommendation for the intervention, based on the desirable anticipated effects, the moderate costs and the judgement that the intervention was acceptable and feasible to implement.
Research priorities
GDG suggested that other type of interventions may be explored i.e. SMS and face-to-face communications.
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