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Women's perceptions of PERSPECTIVE: a breast cancer risk stratification e-platform
Saima Ahmed1,2, Emmanuelle Lévesque3, Rosalind Garland4
1Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
|February 25, 2022
Summary
A new breast cancer risk stratification e-platform significantly improved women's knowledge of risk factors and assessment. The platform, PERSPECTIVE, was found to be highly usable and acceptable for general population use.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
Background:
- Breast cancer risk stratification categorizes individual risk (near-population, intermediate, high) to tailor screening and follow-up.
- Accessible methods for communicating risk information are crucial for women's health.
- Recent efforts focus on developing digital tools for breast cancer risk communication.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the newly developed breast cancer risk stratification and decision support e-platform, PERSPECTIVE (PErsonalised Risk Stratification for Prevention and Early deteCTIon of breast cancer).
- To evaluate changes in breast cancer risk knowledge and interest in genetic testing after e-platform exposure.
- To assess user perceptions of the e-platform's usability and acceptability among women unaware of their personal risk.
Main Methods:
- A pre-post study design was employed with 156 women aged 30-60 from the general population.
- Participants had varying literacy and education levels and no prior breast cancer diagnosis.
- Self-report e-questionnaires were used to collect data before and after e-platform exposure.
Main Results:
- Participants spent an average of 18.67 minutes engaging with the e-platform, with risk factors and assessment pages being most popular.
- A significant increase in breast cancer-related knowledge was observed post-exposure (p < .001), including knowledge of obesity, alcohol, breast density, menstruation, and risk estimation.
- No significant changes in interest for genetic testing were noted; however, the e-platform received high ratings for acceptability (26.19/30) and usability (42.85/50).
Conclusions:
- An informational e-platform for breast cancer risk stratification can effectively enhance knowledge and support decision-making for healthy women.
- The PERSPECTIVE e-platform demonstrates potential for broader implementation in supporting breast cancer risk assessment.
- Phase 2 of the PERSPECTIVE project is ongoing, focusing on further content integration and wider deployment.
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