Promoting Radon Testing Via Smartphone App: A Clinical Trial in a High Radon State

University of North Dakota (UND)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Other: Print brochure; Other: The radon app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04980521

CTR radon DaCCoTA

5U54GM128729-05 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research will compare (1) the effectiveness of a mobile radon-education app (vs. traditional brochures) and (2) that of the radon app with in-app reminders (vs. the radon app without in-app reminders and the no app use with postal reminders) to increase radon awareness and testing among North Dakotans. The prevalence of exceptionally high levels of residential radon in North Dakota (ND), coupled with public's poor understanding of this hazard, is a critical public health problem.

Enrollment: 138 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The principal eligibility criterion is that participants own a smartphone.

Exclusion criteria

• The principal exclusion criterion is previous testing for radon within the past two years.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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138 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Print brochures

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants assigned to the print brochure group will receive three educational print brochures about radon published by EPA via postal mails for three months (one per each month).

Treatment:

Other: Print brochure

The radon app

Experimental group

Description:

Participants assigned to the radon app group will be asked to use the radon app for three months where they will be exposed to mobile friendly educational content that is created from educational print brochures about radon published by EPA.

Treatment:

Other: The radon app