Does Numerical And Pictorial Information On Risk And Benefit Affects The Uptake Of Colorectal Cancer Screening?

THE RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED TRIAL ON WHETHER PROVISION OF NUMERICAL AND PICTORIAL INFORMATION ON RISK AND BENEFIT AFFECTS THE UPTAKE OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01250015

Enrollment

400

Registered

2010-11-30

Start date

2007-09-30

Completion date

2008-09-30

Last updated

2010-11-30

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Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Keywords

colorectal cancer, consent, screening

Brief summary

To establish whether provision of numerical data, framed as event rates and illustrated by pictograms, and including figures for all-cause mortality, affects subjects' attitudes to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Design and Intervention. Randomised questionnaire and telephone study comparing the responses of a control group given the standard National Health Service (NHS) CRC screening information with the responses of an intervention group given the same information but enhanced with additional numerical and pictorial information. Setting

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Age 60 - 70 \-

Exclusion criteria

* No previous cancer or previous colonoscopy Not able to give informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Comparison of the two groups' overall wish to be screened	1 year	The study compared the two groups' overall wish to be screened as recorded by questionnaire

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Impact of different summary points on subject's desire to be screened	1 year	The impact of each of the 6 summary points in the NHS information leaflet on the subject's desire to be screened depending on whether or not they were enhanced by numerical and pictorial information, the summary point that most influenced their decision on whether to be screened; and the views of the intervention group on the numerical and pictorial information provided

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results