Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review
There is a lack of research on HPs' knowledge of overdiagnosis, however, HPs who do know about overdiagnosis attribute substantially different levels of harm to it. This seems intertwined with their overall beliefs about the benefits of screening, their position towards offering screening, and their willingness to inform screening candidates about overdiagnosis. This has important implications for the public's right to evidence-based information and compromises an individual's right to make an informed screening decision.
Authors
- An De Sutter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-8307)
- John Brodersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9369-3376)
- Ann Van Hecke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3576-7159)
- Emelien Lauwerier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8439-0354)
- Stefan Heytens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-4987)
- Ann Van den Bruel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9012-2009)
- Veerle Piessens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-1762)
- Florian Stul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-4479)
- An Piessens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8716-3950)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Region Zealand (DK)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Karel de Grote Hogeschool (BE)
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
- Open University of the Netherlands (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315247
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- Hague University of Applied Sciences
- Universiteit Gent