NCT00793455

Outreach for Patients With Uncompleted Colorectal Cancer Screening Orders

Using Precision Performance Measurement To Conduct Focused Quality Improvement. Sub-Study 1.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 628 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventive screenings ordered by their physician. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.

Detailed description

We designed an intervention to focus on patients who have received and accepted a referral for colonoscopy, yet have exhibited some barriers to screening as demonstrated by a lack of screening completion. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of a multicomponent intervention (patient reminder, print and multimedia materials) on colorectal screening completion among this target population.

Conditions

• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Prevention & Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Educational outreach	Participants will get a letter from their physician that explains that their records show the test has not been completed. The letter will be mailed along with an educational brochure and a DVD about colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2009-11-01
• Completion: 2009-11-01
• First posted: 2008-11-19
• Last updated: 2011-12-01
• Results posted: 2011-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States