Specialty: Cancer, Primary sub-specialty: Palliative and Supportive Care
Conditions
Interventions
All screening-eligible adults who have not attended their BSS appointment at St. Mark’s hospital within 12 months’ of their initial invitation will be randomised to receive either the intervention of
Sponsors
University College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 56 years at the time they are enrolled in the study 2. Registered with a general practice served by St. Mark’s Hospital 3. Registered with a general practice participating in the study 4. Previously been offered, but not attended, a routine BSS appointment more one year ago at the time of the reminder letter 5. Meet the clinical eligibility criteria for BSS
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who have had their large bowel removed 2. Individuals who have a stoma bag to collect their stool 3. Individuals currently being treated (for example, with steroids) for inflammatory bowel disease in their large bowel (i.e. ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease) 4. Individuals who are awaiting heart surgery or who have had heart surgery in the last
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of individuals attending a Bowel Scope Screening within each group is measured using the attendance at bowel scope screening) and will be collected by a member of the clinical care team at St Mark’s Hospital as accessed from the Bowel Scope Screening database (linked with patient record database). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in attendance among social and demographic groups is measured using the attendance at bowel scope screening) and will be collected by a member of the clinical care team at St Mark’s Hospital as accessed from the Bowel Scope Screening database (linked with patient record database). | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactChristian Von Wagner
Outcome results
None listed