Testing Interventions to Motivate and Educate (TIME): A multi-level intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To test the effectiveness of a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening intervention directed at three levels (clinic, provider, patient) in a primary care setting. METHOD:We conducted a group randomized trial (Clinical Trials registration no. NCT01568151) among 10 primary care clinics in Columbus, Ohio that were randomized to a study condition (intervention or usual care). We determined the effect of a multi-level, stepped behavioral intervention on receipt of a CRC screening test among average-risk patients from these clinics over the study period. RESULTS:Patients (n=527) who were outside of CRC screening recommendations were recruited. Overall, 35.4% of participants in the intervention clinics had received CRC screening by the end of the study compared to 35.1% of participants who w

SUBMITTER: Krok-Schoen JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4450442 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature