Comparing Methods of Recall for Cancer Screening in Primary Care: a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 5,270
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The proportion of patients in each arm who go on to receive at least one screening test for which they are due
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized trial aims to understand how effective a reminder letter is compared to a reminder phone call in improving breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening rates and reducing screening disparities.
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 74 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The trial will include patients who are rostered to the family practice as of March 31, 2015, are eligible and overdue for cervical, breast and/or colorectal cancer screening and are verified by their primary care physician as needing recall.
排除标准
- •Patients will be excluded if their primary care physician noted they should not be recalled for screening or if the patient does not have both an address and a phone number on file.
研究组 & 干预措施
Letter
Patients will receive a reminder letter signed by their family physician which indicates which cancer screening tests they are overdue for and encourages them to book an appointment for screening.
干预措施: Letter (Behavioral)
Phone call
Patients will receive a phone call from a member of the practice staff. The call will inform them about which cancer screening tests they are overdue for and will encourage them to book an appointment for screening.
干预措施: Phone call (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
The proportion of patients in each arm who go on to receive at least one screening test for which they are due
时间窗: 6 months
The proportion of patients in each arm who are due for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening who go on to receive those respective screening tests (female patients may be represented in the outcome calculation of more than one cancer screening
时间窗: 6 months
次要结局
未报告次要终点