Effectiveness Study of a Computer-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aid (InfoPC)

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Literacy; Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: CHOICE decision aid; Behavioral: YourMeds patient education program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00558233

CCCDA-05-162-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a multimedia educational computer program can increase colorectal cancer screening rates in low and adequate literacy patients.

Full description

Results will be stratified by low/marginal and adequate literacy as determined by the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine instrument.

Enrollment: 264 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking
• Scheduled to see an internal medicine provider
• No recent colorectal cancer screening

Exclusion criteria

• Personal history of colorectal cancer
• Family history of colorectal cancer
• Blood seen in stools within last month
• Obvious cognitive or physical impairment that would prevent participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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264 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: CHOICE decision aid

Placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: YourMeds patient education program