Audit of Lung Cancer Screening Practice in Chest Physicians: An Update

Completed

• Conditions: Lung Cancer Screening

• Registration Number: NCT02944903
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct nationally representative survey in chest physicians in Egypt in 2016-2017. Self-administered questionnaire will be used to assess the physicians' knowledge of lung cancer screening guidelines, beliefs about the effectiveness of screening tests, and ordering of screening chest radiography, low-dose spiral computed tomography, or sputum cytology in the past 12 months.

Detailed Description

Although current practice guidelines do not recommend screening asymptomatic patients for lung cancer, physicians may still order lung cancer screening tests. No recent national survey of health care professionals has focused on lung cancer screening

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10
• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-26
• Primary Completion: 2017-04
• Status Verified: 2017-06
• Study Completion: 2017-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians practising in Egypt (Chest physicians, general practitioners, and general internists)

Exclusion Criteria

• Other nationalities
• Other specialities

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of the use of guidelines of lung cancer screening	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self- administrated questionnaire	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AssiutU; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt