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Lower level of education matters when it comes to compliance to lung cancer screening

Principal Investigator
Name
Akeel Alali
Degrees
MD, FRCPC, ABR
Institution
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center’s (KAIMRC) and King Saud bin Abdulaziz university for health sciences
Position Title
Assistant professor
Email
About this CDAS Project
Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)
Project ID
NLST-856
Initial CDAS Request Approval
Nov 30, 2021
Title
Lower level of education matters when it comes to compliance to lung cancer screening
Summary
The success of cancer screening depends upon patient’s adherence to the screening program. The purpose of this study is to assess whether lower level of education is associated with participant’s noncompliance and refusal of screening in National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).

Methods:
Secondary data analysis of the participants in the National Lung Screening Trial will be performed. Participants who refused the screening will be compared with the others who successfully completed the screening. Multivariate logistic regression analysis will be performed to assess the association between level of education and compliance to screening. Participants with graduate degree will be the reference group.
Aims

The purpose of this study is to assess whether lower level of education is associated with participant’s noncompliance and refusal of screening in National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).

The aim is also to assess if there is association between age, gender, marital status and smoking duration on the participants' compliance in the national lung screening trial.

Collaborators

None at this point

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