Is screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm acceptable to the population?
Jes S. Lindholt, Research Fellow*, Svend Juul, Senior Lecturer Eskild W. Henneberg, Medical Director* Helge Fasting, Consultant Surgeon* *Department of Vascular Surgery, Viborg Hospital Viborg, Denmark Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus Denmark Address correspondence to Dr Jes S. Lindholt, Lærkevej 11, 8900 Randers, Denmark. BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to analyse whether the selection and recruitment for hospital-based mass screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is acceptable for the population according to the criteria from the Council of Europe. METHODS: A random sample of 4404 65-73-year-old males were invited to hospital-based mass screening for AAA. As methods of secondary recruitment, they could change their time of appointment and non-responders were reinvited once. RESULTS: The attendance rate was 76 per cent; 4.2 per cent had AAA. Men with cardiopulmonary and vascular diseases had higher attendance rate (80.5 per cent), and pr
