A randomised controlled trial of the effect of providing online risk information and lifestyle advice for the most common preventable cancers.

ABSTRACT: Few trial data are available concerning the impact of personalised cancer risk information on behaviour. This study assessed the short-term effects of providing personalised cancer risk information on cancer risk beliefs and self-reported behaviour. We randomised 1018 participants, recruited through the online platform Prolific, to either a control group receiving cancer-specific lifestyle advice or one of three intervention groups receiving their computed 10-year risk of developing one of the five most common preventable cancers either as a bar chart, a pictograph or a qualitative scale alongside the same lifestyle advice. The primary outcome was change from baseline in computed risk relative to an individual with a recommended lifestyle (RRI)¹ at three months. Secondary outcom

SUBMITTER: Masson G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature