Quality improvement intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening at the primary care setting: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 81% of deaths in Argentina are from chronic non-communicable diseases and 21% caused by cancer. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most frequent cancer in Argentina. Even though CRC screening has been recommended for adults from 50 to 75 years old by using a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) annually, screening rates remain below 20% in the country.

Methods

We conducted an 18-month, two-arm, pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of a quality improvement intervention, based on the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, considering barriers and catalysts to articulate theory and practice, to increase CRC screening rates using FITs at primary care level. The study involved ten public primary health centres in Mendoza province, Argenti

SUBMITTER: Irazola V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314692 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature