Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials: Effects on Patient Knowledge and Motivation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms
• Interventions: Behavioral: New colorectal cancer screening patient education document; Behavioral: Traditional colorectal cancer screening education document

• Registration Number: NCT00965965
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed patient education document concerning colorectal cancer screening will be better understood and have greater effects on patient knowledge of and motivation for screening than a standard educational document.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-24
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-26
• Primary Completion: 2010-04
• Study Completion: 2010-04
• Status Verified: 2012-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-04-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Receive primary care at one of the participating outpatient offices
• Age 50-75
• Able to read and speak English
• Adequate vision, hearing, and hand function to read printed documents, communicate with research staff, answer questionnaires, and otherwise participate
• Not up to date for colorectal cancer screening (defined as fecal occult blood test within 1 year, flexible sigmoidoscopy within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years)

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental patient education document	New colorectal cancer screening patient education document	-
Traditional patient education document	Traditional colorectal cancer screening education document	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document	Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-efficacy for undergoing colorectal cancer screening	Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)
Colorectal cancer screening knowledge	Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)
Perceived barriers to undergoing colorectal cancer screening	Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)
Readiness to undergo colorectal cancer screening	Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California Davis Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States