Colorectal Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Colorectal cancer, First degree relative, Cancer screening, Colonoscopy screening, Family history of colorectal cancer
Brief summary
CRC patients were enrolled and asked about their FDR contacts These FDRs were telephoned and enrolled and randomized to receive either written advice and verbal advice about their cancer risk and screening methods. These FDRs were telephoned after 2 weeks to evaluate their knowledge about CRC risk and method of screening to see which method of giving advice was better.
Detailed description
1. Colorectal cancer patients in a tertiary referral hospital who had first degree relatives in the screening range were enrolled into the study. 2. CRC patients and their FDRs were randomized after enrollment into written advice and verbal advice arms 3. CRC patients were asked to give the documents or verbal advice to FDR within 2 wks. 4. A telephone check was done to see if CRC patients had given or sent the advice their FDR. 5. FDR were telephoned to see if they received the document and assessed their knowledge of FDR risk, screening methods, previous screening and other knowledge about CRC. 6. FDRs were given information over the telephone about CRC risk and screening and then asked whether they wanted to have screening or not.
Interventions
OTHERwritten advice
written advice (in leaflet form) was given to CRC patients to give to first degree relatives, or send to first degree relatives directly. this leaflet contained information about cancer risk and recommended screening methods.
Sponsors
Ramathibodi Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* First degree relatives of patient with colorectal cancer
Exclusion criteria
* First degree relatives whom already diagnosed of colorectal cancer * First degree relatives whom have colorectal cancer from genetic disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The effectiveness of written advice VS. standard verbal advice in transferring knowledge to first degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients | 3 weeks | Result of questionnaire about knowing their increase cancer risk |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ascertaining the problem of communicating medical advice between patient and first degree relatives | 3 weeks | Questionnaire-interview |
| Determining the knowledge level about colorectal cancer in first degree relatives of CRC patients | 3 weeks | Questionnaire-interview |
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed