Encouraging compliance with bowel and cervical cancer screening using behavioural nudges

Encouraging compliance with bowel and cervical cancer screening in previously non-compliant adults in the North Lincolnshire Area using a Behavioural Letter and a Letter and Lottery Combination

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN94361793

Enrollment

3000

Registered

2018-12-20

Start date

2018-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-04-17

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Conditions

Compliance with mass cancer screening programmes Not Applicable Compliance with mass cancer screening programmes

Interventions

All participants will have either not attended a cervical cancer screening appointment, or not sent a bowel screening test back in the previous 12 months. Participants will be randomly allocated to on

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Eligible and sent a letter for but not attended a cervical cancer screening appointment OR not sent a bowel cancer screening test back in the previous twelve months. 2. Aged 18 years or older 3. Attending North Lincolnshire practices

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: N/A

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Attendance at cervical cancer screening appointments within 12 weeks of the letter being sent for the cervical cancer group, measured using the date of booking and attending the appointment and reported by GP practices (if any) 2. Ordering and sending back a bowel cancer screening kit within 12 weeks of the letter being sent for the bowel cancer group and reported by GP practices (measured using the date of sending back the kit (if any)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Attendance at cervical cancer screening appointments within 12 weeks of the letter being sent for the cervical cancer group, measured using the date of booking and attending the appointment and reported by GP practices (if any) 2. Ordering and sending back a bowel cancer screening kit within 12 weeks of the letter being sent for the bowel cancer group and reported by GP practices (measured using the date of sending back the kit (if any)

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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