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Journal of Public Health 26(1) © Faculty of Public Health 2004; all rights reserved.

Development and validation of the EBS: a measure to assess women's experience at all stages of the breast screening process



Jo Brett, Research Officer in Primary Health Care

Joan Austoker, Director of Cancer Research UK Primary Care Education Research Group; Reader in Public Health and Primary Care
Cancer Research UK Primary Care Education Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford, Institute of Health Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF

Address correspondence to Dr Joan Austoker. E-mail: joan.austoker{at}dphpc.ox.ac.uk

This short report describes the systematic development and validation of the EBS (Experiences of Breast Screening) measure to assess women's experience of the breast screening process. For the NHS Breast Screening Programme to be successful attendance must be high and remain high at subsequent rounds. The aim of the EBS is to identify areas of the screening process that can be improved to achieve greater adherence to subsequent screening rounds. The EBS was developed using the available evidence, expertise of health professionals, pilot interviews and a pilot postal survey. The validity, reliability and acceptability were demonstrated from the results of a multi-centre postal survey, resulting in a final 21-item measure.

Keywords: breast screening, experience, development of measure, reattendance


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