Comparative effectiveness of fecal immunochemical test outreach, colonoscopy outreach, and usual care for boosting colorectal cancer screening among the underserved: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening saves lives, but participation rates are low among underserved populations. Knowledge on effective approaches for screening the underserved, including best test type to offer, is limited.

Objective

To determine (1) if organized mailed outreach boosts CRC screening compared with usual care and (2) if FIT is superior to colonoscopy outreach for CRC screening participation in an underserved population.

Design, setting, and participants

We identified uninsured patients, not up to date with CRC screening, age 54 to 64 years, served by the John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas, a safety net health system.

Interventions

Patients were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 groups. One group was assigned

SUBMITTER: Gupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5228201 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature