Effect of patient navigation on colorectal cancer screening in a community-based randomized controlled trial of urban African American adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In recent years, colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates have increased steadily in the USA, though racial and ethnic disparities persist. In a community-based randomized controlled trial, we investigated the effect of patient navigation on increasing CRC screening adherence among older African Americans.

Methods

Participants in the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration were randomized to either the control group, receiving only printed educational materials (PEM), or the intervention arm where they were assigned a patient navigator in addition to PEM. Navigators assisted participants with identifying and overcoming screening barriers. Logistic regression analyses were used to assess the effect of patient navigation on CRC screening adherence. Up-to-date with

SUBMITTER: Horne HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4370183 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature