Effect of Combined Patient Decision Aid and Patient Navigation vs Usual Care for Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Vulnerable Patient Population: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underused, especially among vulnerable populations. Decision aids and patient navigation are potentially complementary interventions for improving CRC screening rates, but their combined effect on screening completion is unknown.

Objective

To determine the combined effect of a CRC screening decision aid and patient navigation compared with usual care on CRC screening completion.

Design, setting, and participants

In this randomized clinical trial, data were collected from January 2014 to March 2016 at 2 community health center practices, 1 in North Carolina and 1 in New Mexico, serving vulnerable populations. Patients ages 50 to 75 years who had average CRC risk, spoke English or Spanish, were not current with recommended

SUBMITTER: Reuland DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710456 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature