Cancer Risk Assessment Tools in Primary Care Settings: An Integrative Review

Table 2.

Selected Articles and Characteristics

Primary Author (year) Country 

Design

Service Area

Offered/Data

Range Collection

Sample and Setting

Method/ 

Instrument Used

Level of 

Evidence 

(LOE)

Milton et al. 

(2022)

Australia

Qualitative

study

Victoria, Australia between September 2018 to September 2019

13 practice nurses in a General Practice clinic

Interview (via phone, zoom, and one on one).

LOE VI

Akanuwe et al. (2020) United Kingdom

Qualitative study

Primary care setting in Linconshire

2016

36 participants consisting of 17 practitioners and 19 clients 

focus groups and semi-structured individual interviews, Risk Analysis Framework

LOE VI

Walker et al. (2017) Australia

Qualitative study using Action design using Exploratory study

Victorian Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (VicReN).

date not specified

14 GPs (general practitioners), 9 PNs (practice nurses), and 6 PMs (practice managers) 

Interview using

the Normalization Process Theory (NPT)

LOE VI

Seesaghur et al. (2021) United Kingdom

Population-based cohort study

UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2016 

2646 NDMM eligible patients, under 18 years old, newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma (NDMM), registered in a primary care practice for less than two years and no history of solid tumors

Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD data- base, and Aetion Evidence Platform.

LOE IV

Yadav et al (2019) United States of America

Qualitative Study

William Beaumont Hospital's Primary care clinic between April and November 2016

43 fresh graduates from medical schools in the US and Canada who are currently in their first year of the residency program.

Questionnaires, EHR (electronic health record) review, 

pre and post education program of BCRAT

LOE VI