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NCT Number: NCT00965965

Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials: Effects on Patient Knowledge and Motivation

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed patient education document concerning colorectal cancer screening will be better understood and have greater effects on patient knowledge of and motivation for screening than a standard educational document.

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Key information

Conditions

Colorectal Neoplasms Behavior Colonic Diseases Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Health Behavior Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Rectal Diseases

Age range

50 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Receive primary care at one of the participating outpatient offices
  • Age 50-75
  • Able to read and speak English
  • Adequate vision, hearing, and hand function to read printed documents, communicate with research staff, answer questionnaires, and otherwise participate
  • Not up to date for colorectal cancer screening (defined as fecal occult blood test within 1 year, flexible sigmoidoscopy within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years)

Treatment and study plan

New colorectal cancer screening patient education document

Behavioral

The newly developed educational document was created accounting for health behavioral models (such as the Expanded Health Behavior Model, Social Cognitive Theory, and the Transtheoretical Model) and related research studies indicating the factors that most strongly and positively influence patients' cognitions regarding colorectal cancer screening and are, in turn, predictive of actual colorectal cancer screening behavior.

Traditional colorectal cancer screening education document

Behavioral

The traditional educational document is a slightly edited version of materials freely available on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) web site, used in this study with the permission of the NCI.

Primary outcomes

  1. Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document

    Time frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Colorectal cancer screening knowledge

    Time frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

  2. Self-efficacy for undergoing colorectal cancer screening

    Time frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

  3. Perceived barriers to undergoing colorectal cancer screening

    Time frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

  4. Readiness to undergo colorectal cancer screening

    Time frame: Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Davis

Other

Collaborators

  • California Academy of Family Physicians

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials on Patient Knowledge and Motivation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Aug 26, 2009
Registry last updated
Apr 27, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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