Alerts in electronic medical records to promote a colorectal cancer screening programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation rates in colorectal cancer screening are below recommended European targets.

Aim

To evaluate the effectiveness of an alert in primary care electronic medical records (EMRs) to increase individuals' participation in an organised, population-based colorectal cancer screening programme when compared with usual care.

Design and setting

Cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care centres of Barcelona, Spain.

Method

Participants were males and females aged 50-69 years, who were invited to the first round of a screening programme based on the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) (n = 41 042), and their primary care professional. The randomisation unit was the physician cluster (n = 130) and patients were blinded to the study group. The con

SUBMITTER: Guiriguet C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4917051 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature