Colorectal Neoplasms
Conditions
Keywords
health behavior, randomized controlled trials, self-efficacy, patient education, comprehension, mass screening, prevention and control
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed patient education document concerning colorectal cancer screening will be better understood and have greater effects on patient knowledge of and motivation for screening than a standard educational document.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNew colorectal cancer screening patient education document
The newly developed educational document was created accounting for health behavioral models (such as the Expanded Health Behavior Model, Social Cognitive Theory, and the Transtheoretical Model) and related research studies indicating the factors that most strongly and positively influence patients' cognitions regarding colorectal cancer screening and are, in turn, predictive of actual colorectal cancer screening behavior.
BEHAVIORALTraditional colorectal cancer screening education document
The traditional educational document is a slightly edited version of materials freely available on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) web site, used in this study with the permission of the NCI.
Sponsors
California Academy of Family Physicians
University of California, Davis
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Receive primary care at one of the participating outpatient offices * Age 50-75 * Able to read and speak English * Adequate vision, hearing, and hand function to read printed documents, communicate with research staff, answer questionnaires, and otherwise participate * Not up to date for colorectal cancer screening (defined as fecal occult blood test within 1 year, flexible sigmoidoscopy within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document | Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Colorectal cancer screening knowledge | Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day) |
| Self-efficacy for undergoing colorectal cancer screening | Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day) |
| Perceived barriers to undergoing colorectal cancer screening | Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day) |
| Readiness to undergo colorectal cancer screening | Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed