Effects of Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials on Patient Knowledge and Motivation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

University of California, Davis1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentAugust 2009

ConditionsColorectal Neoplasms

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms
Sponsor: University of California, Davis
Enrollment: 60
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2009

End Date

April 2010

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of California, Davis

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document

Time Frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

Secondary Outcomes

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))