Trust in the healthcare system declines after exposure to information about the harms and benefits of breast cancer screening.

IF 2.5 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Journal of Health Psychology Pub Date : 2025-02-07 DOI:10.1177/13591053251315383

Tamar Parmet, Grant Yoder, Brad Morse, Joseph Cappella, Marilyn Schapira, Carmen Lewis, Kirsten McCaffery, Heather Smyth, Jolyn Hersch, Laura D Scherer

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Abstract

Conflicting health messages negatively impact trust. Breast cancer screening (BCS) is one area of healthcare where conflicting messages are common. We examined whether women's healthcare system trust was impacted after exposure to information about harms and benefits of BCS. We enrolled 497 women into this study. Participants were administered a decision aid (DA) containing information about the harms and benefits of BCS and reported their healthcare system trust pre- and post-DA exposure. We observed a significant decrease in healthcare system trust from pre- to post-DA. This decrease in trust was associated with participants' perception that the message conflicted with their previously held beliefs and not the reactions it elicited. When people receive information about BCS that conflicts with past health messages, they may lose trust in the healthcare system. This underscores the importance of adopting consistent messages about BCS.

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Journal of Health Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： ournal of Health Psychology is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to support and help shape research in health psychology from around the world. It provides a platform for traditional empirical analyses as well as more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches. It also addresses the social contexts in which psychological and health processes are embedded. Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.