Dissemination of Prostate Cancer Screening to Primary Care Physicians in African American Communities
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 终止
- 入组人数
- 86
- 主要终点
- PSA and DRE
研究概览
简要总结
The aims of this project are to adapt and extend the use of academic detailing to the dissemination of prostate cancer (CaP) screening findings to primary care physicians practicing in African American communities. The objectives of this study are:
- To test the hypothesis that a community physician-based educational intervention (multi-component academic detailing, including an interactive, digitized, web-based program for informed decision-making about prostate cancer, and patient education materials designed for low literacy patients) will increase physician knowledge, positive attitudes/beliefs toward screening and screening options, and prostate cancer screening (using the digital rectal exam, and the serum prostate specific antigen test) at baseline, 6-, and 12-months post- randomization, compared to the rate observed in a service- as-usual control.
1A. To demonstrate the feasibility of disseminating the American Cancer Society guidelines for prostate cancer screening among primary care practitioners using multi-component academic detailing.
- To develop models predicting which physician offices are most and least likely to adopt the intervention, and to generate hypotheses about tailoring the dissemination of PC screening guidelines to different physician subgroups.
The long term goal of this project is to increase prostate cancer screening among African American communities, thus decreasing cancer-related morbidity and mortality.
详细描述
We will conduct a two-arm trial, recruiting, obtaining consent, then assigning 200 physicians' offices at random to one of two arms: intervention (multi-component academic detailing including an interactive, digitized CD-ROM, focused on the discussion of risks and benefits, screening options or alternatives, values clarification, and mutual decision-making, alongside patient education materials designed for low literacy patients) or to a service-as-usual control arm. We will query 200 physicians about their PC knowledge, attitudes/beliefs toward screening and screening options, and PSA testing at baseline, 6, and 12months post-randomization, compared to the rate observed in a service-as-usual control. Physician counseling in cancer control will be verified by a chart review at baseline and at 12months post-randomization (N=750). The instruments will assess prostate cancer knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward screening, and uptake of the PSA. The nested design uses the physician's office as the unit of randomization, and the office as the unit of analysis.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Screening
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 45 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Charts of male patients age 45 -75, (using the average age of death in this population) with at least one visit to the primary care provider over the last two years will be reviewed.
排除标准
- •Exclusion criteria will include:
- •Diagnosis of cancer other than non-melanotic skin cancer.
研究组 & 干预措施
Multi-component Academic Detailing
Includes an interactive, digitized CDROM, focused on the discussion of risks and benefits, screening options or alternatives, values clarification, and mutual decision-making, alongside patient education materials designed for low literacy patients.
干预措施: Academic Detailing (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
PSA and DRE
时间窗: 12-month followup
次要结局
- Counseling on PSA testing(12-month followup)