Trial Information
Effects of Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials on Patient Knowledge and Motivation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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)
Type of Study:
Interventional
Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Outcome Measure:
Comprehension of randomly assigned educational document
Outcome Time Frame:
Immediately after receiving randomly assigned study intervention (that same day)
Safety Issue:
No
Principal Investigator
Tonantzin Rodriguez, MPH
Investigator Role:
Principal Investigator
Investigator Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Authority:
United States: Institutional Review Board
Study ID:
200917361-1
NCT ID:
NCT00965965
Start Date:
August 2009
Completion Date:
April 2010
Related Keywords:
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- health behavior
- randomized controlled trials
- self-efficacy
- patient education
- comprehension
- mass screening
- prevention and control
- Neoplasms
- Colorectal Neoplasms
Name | Location |
University of California Davis Medical Center |
Sacramento, California 95817 |