Written Educational Information and Phone Calls in Increasing Follow-Up Care in Hispanic Women With Abnormal Pap Smears

Wake Forest University Cervical Screening and Follow Up System for Hispanic Women - A Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00483288

Enrollment

238

Registered

2007-06-07

Start date

2005-05-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-01-19

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Conditions

Cervical Cancer

Keywords

cervical cancer

Brief summary

RATIONALE: Written educational materials and counseling by phone may help promote follow-up care in women with abnormal Pap smears. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well written educational information and phone calls work in increasing follow-up care in Hispanic women with abnormal Pap smears.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the reasons for nonadherence to follow-up in Hispanic women with abnormal Pap smear findings. * Assess the effect of written educational information and phone calls on follow-up rate in these patients. OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional, controlled, multicenter study. Patients are sequentially assigned to 1 of 3 intervention groups. * Group 1 (control): Patients complete a standardized Spanish survey questionnaire, assessing their demographic information, knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, experiences with cervical screening, past medical history, and prior treatment, either in person (for those who kept their colposcopy appointment) or over the telephone (for those who did not keep their colposcopy appointment). Additional questions are added for patients who did not keep their colposcopy appointment to test for differences and to learn the reasons for not keeping their appointment. * Group 2 (written educational information): Patients receive notification of their colposcopy appointment and an educational letter about Pap smears, cervical cancer risk, and the purpose and procedure of colposcopy. They complete the standardized Spanish survey questionnaire as in group 1. * Group 3 (phone call): Patients receive notification of their colposcopy appointment and a personal telephone call educating them about Pap smears, cervical cancer risk, and the purpose and procedure of colposcopy. They complete the standardized Spanish survey questionnaire as in group 1. All patients are asked to agree to submit residual Pap smear fluid to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University tumor bank, and be included in a tracking system to insure future follow-up communications.

Interventions

OTHEReducational intervention

OTHERquestionnaire administration

OTHERstudy of socioeconomic and demographic variables

OTHERsurvey administration

Study design

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Abnormal Pap smear findings indicating the need for further treatment at the colposcopy clinic * Scheduled for colposcopy at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University * No history of invasive cervical cancer PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Must be of Hispanic background, including any of the following: * Hispanic * Latino * Chicano * Mexican American * Puerto Rican * Cuban American PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reasons for nonadherence to follow-up	—
Effect of written educational information and phone calls on follow-up rate	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026