Trust in Cervical Screening and Attributions of Blame for Interval Cancers Following a National Controversy

Attributions of blame We compared differences in mean attributions of blame assigned to the screening service and in attributions of blame assigned to the person described in the vignette between the control group in Ireland, the Scottish sample and the treatment group in Ireland. [...] Across all three groups, the participants attributed more blame to the system when the vignette contained information about the past attendance at the screening of the vignette character, the results of the cytology review and the cancer stage. [...] Mean levels of attributions of blame (a) to the vignette character and (b) to the screening system in the control and treatment groups in Ireland and in Scotland. [...] The effect of review on attributions of blame to the screening system in the control and treatment groups in Ireland and in Scotland. [...] The effect of past attendance at screening of the vignette character on the attributions of blame to them in the control and treatment groups in Ireland and in Scotland.