Primary Care Based Randomized Trial to Reduce Cancer Screening Disparities
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Preventive Measures
- Registration Number
- NCT00818857
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Rochester
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to improve cancer screening rates within practices serving low-income minority patients
- Detailed Description
This project is designed to implement and rigorously evaluate a cancer screening quality improvement project within a practice serving underserved patients. The project involves use of a patient registry coupled with patient reminders,recall and outreach.All unscreened patients will receive the benefit of this intervention, though some sooner than others for the purpose of evaluation.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1072
Inclusion Criteria
- Men age 50-75 yrs.
- Women age 40-75 yrs
- One primary care visit in past 2 years.
Exclusion Criteria
- High risk for colorectal or breast cancer.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To test for differences in rates of screening between the early intervention and delayed groups, the chi-square test will be used for each outcome. End of project, 12/2011
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method