Screen to Save: A Colorectal Cancer Educational Intervention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Colorectal Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Inflatable colon educational module

• Registration Number: NCT03907579
• Lead Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to understand if an educational program about colorectal cancer helps improve people's knowledge of colorectal cancer prevention and screening and their intention to get screened for colorectal cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-11
• Primary Completion: 2017-06-17
• Study Completion: 2017-06-17
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-09
• Results First Submitted: 2020-07-08
• Status Verified: 2020-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-08-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-19
• Results First Posted: 2020-09-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: 50-74 years old
• Attendee at event where educational module is offered

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Inflatable colon educational module	Inflatable colon educational module	Participants attend a brief educational presentation in an inflatable colon, focused on colorectal cancer prevention and screening. Participants also receive a copy of the study information sheet and may receive written educational materials to take home. Participants complete a pre-test and a post-test to assess changes in knowledge and intention to get screened for colorectal cancer.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Knowledge Related to Colorectal Cancer Risk, Prevention, and Screening	Baseline and immediately following intervention	A pre-test and post-test is conducted with participants to assess any changes in knowledge related to key learning outcomes expected from the educational intervention (assessed via 14 questions before and after learning).
Number of Participants With Varying Levels of Behavioral Intentions Related to Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention	Immediately following intervention	Post-test conducted to assess behavioral intention related to five prevention and screening behaviors (assessed via 5 questions on a 4-point Likert scale, where a higher score indicates stronger behavioral intention). The scale for all behavioral intention measures started with, "As a result of the colorectal cancer screening information I received during the Screen to Save educational session, I am more likely to..."

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Norris Cotton Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States