Health-seeking Behavior and Barriers to Care in Patients With Rectal Bleeding in Nigeria
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer
- Sponsor
- Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
- Enrollment
- 134
- Primary Endpoint
- Colonoscopy referral triggers among General Practitioners (GP)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
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
Investigators
Olusegun Alatise
Consultant Surgeon/Senior Lecturer
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Colonoscopy referral triggers among General Practitioners (GP)
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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)