Barriers to Care in Patients With Rectal Bleeding in Nigeria

Completed

• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT02855385
• Lead Sponsor: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital

Brief Summary

This study sought to find the health seeking behavior of patients with rectal bleeding as related to their risk to develop colorectal cancer and also assess the general practitioner's perceived barriers to colonoscopy for patients with bleeding per rectum.

Detailed Description

Patients who had rectal bleeding are invited to electronic media and print media will be invited for free medical consultation. Consented patients will complete a purposely design questionnaire for the study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of patient with rectal bleeding as regard the possibility of occurrence of colorectal cancer.

General practitioners in three cities will be contacted to assess their screening strategy for patients with rectal bleeding

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-28
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 134

Inclusion Criteria

• All adult patients with rectal bleeding that persisted for up to one month

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient that has the cause of rectal bleeding already determined before presentation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Colonoscopy referral triggers among General Practitioners (GP)	60 days	To seeks to examine the GPs' perceived barriers to colonoscopy for patients with bleeding per rectum
Knowledge score in relations to the demographics of patients with rectal bleeding	60 days	To investigates patients' knowledge of the causes of rectal bleeding and their attitudes towards seeking expert opinion for possible diagnostic testing for colorectal cancer (CRC)