Does Numerical And Pictorial Information On Risk And Benefit Affects The Uptake Of Colorectal Cancer Screening?

To establish whether provision of numerical data, framed as event rates and illustrated by pictograms, and including figures for all-cause mortality, affects subjects' attitudes to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.

Design and Intervention. Randomised questionnaire and telephone study comparing the responses of a control group given the standard National Health Service (NHS) CRC screening information with the responses of an intervention group given the same information but enhanced with additional numerical and pictorial information.

Setting

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Key information

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonic Diseases Colorectal Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Rectal Diseases

Age range

60 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Darlington, Co Durham, dl3 6hxl, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Age 60 - 70

Exclusion criteria

No previous cancer or previous colonoscopy Not able to give informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Comparison of the two groups' overall wish to be screened

Time frame: 1 year

The study compared the two groups' overall wish to be screened as recorded by questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

Impact of different summary points on subject's desire to be screened

Time frame: 1 year

The impact of each of the 6 summary points in the NHS information leaflet on the subject's desire to be screened depending on whether or not they were enhanced by numerical and pictorial information, the summary point that most influenced their decision on whether to be screened; and the views of the intervention group on the numerical and pictorial information provided

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Other Gov

Collaborators

Internal funding Local Gastroenterology Research fund (Questionnaire only study)

Registry information

Official study title

THE RESULTS OF A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED QUESTIONNAIRE-BASED TRIAL ON WHETHER PROVISION OF NUMERICAL AND PICTORIAL INFORMATION ON RISK AND BENEFIT AFFECTS THE UPTAKE OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING?

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Nov 30, 2010
Registry last updated: Nov 30, 2010

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