1. Social inequalities in participation in cancer screening: does the mode of data collection matter? The CONSTANCES cohort
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Mireille Coeuret-Pellicer, Jeanna-Eve Franck, Jeanne Sassenou, Virginie Ringa, Gwenn Menvielle, Ezequiel Aranda, Laurent Rigal, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Cohortes épidémiologiques en population (CONSTANCES), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Université de Paris (UP), Sexualité et soins (Genre, Sexualité, Santé) (CESP - INSERM U1018 - Equipe 7), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and HAL-SU, Gestionnaire
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Inequality ,media_common.quotation_subject ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Uterine Cervical Neoplasms ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Cervical Cancer Screening ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Breast Cancer Screening ,[SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Bias ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Cancer screening ,Per capita ,Humans ,Medicine ,Social inequality ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Early Detection of Cancer ,media_common ,Data collection ,business.industry ,030503 health policy & services ,fungi ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Odds ratio ,Social class ,Socioeconomic Factors ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Administrative record ,Cohort ,Educational Status ,Household income ,Female ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Self-reported data ,Demography - Abstract
Background Self-reported data are prone to item non-response and misreporting. We investigated to what extent the use of self-reported data for participation in breast (BCS) and cervical cancer screening (CCS) impacted socioeconomic inequalities in cancer screening participation. Methods We used data from a large population-based survey including information on cancer screening from self-reported questionnaire and administrative records (n = 14 122 for BCS, n = 27 120 CCS). For educational level, occupation class and household income per capita, we assessed the accuracy of self-reporting using sensitivity, specificity and both positive and negative predictive value. In addition, we estimated to what extent the use of self-reported data modified the magnitude of socioeconomic differences in BCS and CCS participation with age-adjusted non-screening rate difference, odds ratios and relative indices of inequality. Results Although women with a high socioeconomic position were more prone to report a date for BCS and CCS in questionnaires, they were also more prone to over-declare their participation in CCS if they had not undergone a screening test within the recommended time frame. The use of self-reported cancer screening data, when compared with administrative records, did not impact the magnitude of social differences in BCS participation but led to an overestimation of the social differences in CCS participation. This was due to misreporting rather than to item non-response. Conclusions Women’s socioeconomic position is associated with missingness and the accuracy of self-reported BCS and CCS participation. Social inequalities in cancer screening participation based on self-reports are likely to be overestimated for CCS.
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