Early Detection of Cancer, Cancer, Socioeconomic Status
Conditions
Keywords
recall, income-related disparities, cancer screening
Brief summary
This randomized trial aims to understand how effective a reminder letter is compared to a reminder phone call in improving breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening rates and reducing screening disparities.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLetter
BEHAVIORALPhone call
Sponsors
Unity Health Toronto
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to 74 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* The trial will include patients who are rostered to the family practice as of March 31, 2015, are eligible and overdue for cervical, breast and/or colorectal cancer screening and are verified by their primary care physician as needing recall.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients will be excluded if their primary care physician noted they should not be recalled for screening or if the patient does not have both an address and a phone number on file.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The proportion of patients in each arm who go on to receive at least one screening test for which they are due | 6 months |
| The proportion of patients in each arm who are due for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening who go on to receive those respective screening tests (female patients may be represented in the outcome calculation of more than one cancer screening | 6 months |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed