This is a randomized controlled trial to to determine whether direct, tailored messaging to patients prior to scheduling colonoscopy will increase patient adherence to provider recommendation for screening colonoscopy.
The proposed study is a prospective, randomized trial. All eligible subjects (patients identified to be contacted to schedule screening colonoscopy) will be randomized to one of three study arms: usual scheduling process (control), a generic message arm, or a tailored message arm. Patients in the "tailored message" arm will receive a telephone call and be asked a series of questions that will be used to assign patients to one of four messaging cohorts. After these questions have been answered, the patient will then receive a tailored message corresponding to his or her respective messaging cohort, encouraging them to schedule a colonoscopy with a directed script. In the "generic message" arm, patients will receive a telephone call and be asked to answer the same series of questions as the "tailored message" group, then receive a single, standard script encouraging them to schedule a colonoscopy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
600
Generic message
Tailored message
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Colonoscopy completion rate
The ratio of the number of participants who complete a colonoscopy to the total number of enrolled participants
Time frame: 120 days
Colonoscopy scheduling rate
The ratio of the number of participants who schedule a colonoscopy to the total number of enrolled participants
Time frame: 120 days
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