BACKGROUND: This paper considers the @entity0 screening programme in the autonomous community of Navarre, Northern Spain. @entity1 from different areas of Northern, Central and Southern Navarre are involved. METHODS: A sample of 512 @entity1 @entity1 and 196 non- @entity1 was taken from a total of 60,908 @entity1 between 45 and 65 years of age who received an invitation to attend the @entity0 screening programme. The @entity1 were asked to fill in an individual structured questionnaire in their local Health Centre and the non- @entity1 in their homes. This was done retrospectively. RESULTS: The response rate was 100% for @entity1 and 83.9% for non- @entity1 . This study investigates the attitude profiles of the @entity1 attending mammography mass screening, with non-attending @entity1 (matched in educational and occupational levels) as controls. Subjects were assessed on dimensions such as attitudes towards health and illness. The results support Rosenstock's 1974 model that perceived severity of @entity0 and perceived susceptibility to @entity0 are related to participation in screening. Furthermore, results demonstrated that hypochondriacal beliefs, disease @entity913 and feared effects of symptoms were related to decreased participation levels. CONCLUSION: This study has explored the implication of health belief attitudes and the attitudes toward illness variables with @entity1 's participation in a @entity0 screening programme. It assesses the relative contribution of these variables to levels of participation, and the results of the study indicate that belief sets and attitudes are important components of @entity1 's @entity5 prevention behaviours.

Health beliefs and illness attitudes as predictors of XXXX screening attendance.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'Women'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity913 :: ('MESH:D010698', 'Disease') :: ['phobia']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
