Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Email this article to a Colleague Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to My Articles & Searches Download to citation manager Articles by Xiong, G. L. Articles by Hales, R. E. PubMed Citation Articles by Xiong, G. L. Articles by Hales, R. E. Chronically Mentally Ill Patients Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Service Utilization Related Article

Use of Cancer-Screening Services Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness in Sacramento County

The authors are affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2230 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817 (e-mail: gxiong{at}ucdavis.edu).

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the use of breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer-screening services by persons with serious mental illness enrolled in the Sacramento County Mental Health clinics. METHODS: Of 387 outpatients approached from January 2005 to May 2007, 229 were interviewed. RESULTS: Whereas 97% of the women had received cervical cancer screening at least once in their lifetime, more than 50% of eligible persons over age 50 had never received colorectal cancer screening. Recent use of screening services was highest for cervical cancer (69% had had a Pap test in the past three years) and lowest for colorectal cancer (12% had had a fecal occult blood stool test in the past year or a flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in the past five years). CONCLUSIONS: Among persons with serious mental illness, lifetime screening of cervical cancer was higher than for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers. Receipt of routine, timely cancer screening was low, especially for colorectal cancer.

Related Article:

August 2008: This Month's Highlights
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 835. [Full Text] [PDF]

Get information about faster international access.

Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2008 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.

Home | Search | Current Issue | Past Issues | Subscribe | All APPI Journals | Help | Contact Us