Effect of a family-based multimedia program on the utilisation rate of colorectal cancer screening among South Asian older adults in Hong Kong
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Colorectal cancerCancer
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN72829325
- Lead Sponsor
- Food and Health Bureau, The Government of Hong Kong SAR
- Brief Summary
2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31138165 protocol (added 30/05/2019) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35617712/ (added 27/05/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 320
Inclusion Criteria
South Asians (Indian, Pakistani or Nepalese) including younger family members/relatives aged 18 to 61, and older adults aged 62 to 71, living in Hong Kong
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ptake of fecal occult blood test (FOBT), measured by ‘number of South Asians aged 62-71 who go to see a family doctor with a stool sample’ / ‘total number of participants in each group’. Number of participants who provided a stool sample for FOBT will be determined from the record on whether a stool sample is delivered to the family doctor by the participants for the FOBT. This record will be taken about two months after the intervention is delivered.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Number of participants who consulted a family doctor for FOBT, determined from the participants’ record of attendance to the participants’ family doctors for consultation on FOBT. This record will be taken about one month after the intervention is delivered<br>2. Number of younger adults who express their willingness in encouraging their older family members or relatives aged between 62 and 71 to consult a family doctor for a FOBT, measured both at baseline (before the intervention) and immediately after the intervention is delivered<br>3. Number of younger adults who express their readiness to assist their older family members or relatives aged between 62 and 71 to collect a stool sample for FOBT, measured both at baseline (before the intervention) and immediately after the intervention is delivered