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Bond M, Pavey T, Welch K, et al. Systematic review of the psychological consequences of false-positive screening mammograms. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2013 Mar. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 17.13.)

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List of abbreviations

CI

confidence interval

CINAHL

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature

CNS

clinical nurse specialist

CONSORT

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

CRD

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

CWS-R

Cancer Worries Scale-Revised

FHBC

family history of breast cancer

FNA

fine-needle aspiration

GHQ

General Health Questionnaire

GP

general practitioner

HADS

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

HTA

Health Technology Assessment

IBSS

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

MeSH

medical subject heading

NHSBSP

NHS Breast Screening Programme

OPCERG

Oxford Primary Care Education Research Group

OR

odds ratio

PCQ

Psychological Consequences Questionnaire

PIMMS

Psychological Impact of Mammography Screening

PRISMA

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

RCT

randomised controlled trial

RR

relative risk

SD

standard deviation

STAI

State–Trait Anxiety Inventory

STROBE

Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology

WHO

World Health Organization

All abbreviations that have been used in this report are listed here unless the abbreviation is well-known (e.g. NHS), or it has been used only once, or it is a non-standard abbreviation used only in figures/tables/appendices, in which case the abbreviation is defined in the figure legend or in the notes at the end of the table.

Copyright © Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO 2013. This work was produced by Bond et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.

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