Counselling to enhance utilization of colonoscopy as colon cancer screening - A randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00000283

Enrollment

108

Registered

2010-07-02

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

C18

Interventions

Group 1: Face-to-face counselling following priciples of Motivational Interviewing (Miller & Rollnick) to enhance readiness to utilize a colonoscopy as cancer screening Group 2: TAU

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

56 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: general population

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Language: A good knowledge of the German language is taken for granted for motivational interviewing. Diseases: Patients, who suffer from chronic bowel diseases, and patients who already have or had colon cancer as well as patients who are related to people who suffer or suffered once before from colon cancer.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Utilization of a colonoscopy as cancer screening after six months, assessed via telephone interview	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactWolfgang Hannöver

Institut für Medizinische Psychologie

hannoeve@uni-greifswald.de03834 865606

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026