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

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust400 enrolled

Overview

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

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Screening

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Age 60 - 70 \- Exclusion Criteria: * No previous cancer or previous colonoscopy Not able to give informed consent

Locations (1)

Darlington Memorial Hospital

Darlington, Co Durham, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Comparison of the two groups' overall wish to be screened

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

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

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

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

Time frame: 1 year