Evaluating Online Messages About Colon Cancer Screening

Completed

• Conditions: Colonic Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Perceived Effectiveness Prompt; Behavioral: Perceived Shareability Prompt

• Registration Number: NCT06134089
• Lead Sponsor: University of Utah

Brief Summary

The goal of the study is to determine, using a choice-based approach, what messages (pulled from various online sites) people find more and less persuasive and shareable on the topic of colorectal cancer screening. As a secondary goal, the study is interested how various information behaviors, such as people's self-reported seeking of health information and encountering of health information, demographic variables, individual difference variables, and message exposure associate with their intentions to adhere to recommended colorectal cancer screening guidelines from the National Cancer Institute. The study is interested at differences specifically among Black and White Americans of recommended screening age (45-74).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-11-10
• Study First Posted: 2023-11-18
• Study Start: 2023-12-05
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-08
• Study Completion: 2024-02-08
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2186

Inclusion Criteria

• Identify as white/Caucasian or Black/African American.

Exclusion Criteria

• Do not identify as white/Caucasian or Black/African American.
• Previously diagnosed with colorectal cancer

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Perceived Effectiveness Prompt First	Perceived Effectiveness Prompt	-
Perceived Effectiveness Prompt First	Perceived Shareability Prompt	-
Perceived Shareablility Prompt First	Perceived Shareability Prompt	-
Perceived Shareablility Prompt First	Perceived Effectiveness Prompt	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of messages generated by participants	15 minutes	To determine, using a choice-based approach, what messages (pulled from various social media sites) people find more (and less) persuasive on the topic of colorectal cancer screening.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intentions to follow screening recommendations in the future	15 minutes	Single item self-report of intentions to follow USPSTF recommendations for colorectal cancer screening on a seven-point scale. A low score (Minimum: 1 Extremely Unlikely to follow USPSTF recommendations) is an unfavorable outcome and a high score (Maximum: 7 Extremely Likely to follow USPSTF recommendations) is a favorable outcome.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Utah Hospital/ Huntsman Cancer Institute; 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States