Text messaging as a tool to improve cancer screening programs (M-TICS Study): A randomized controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Short message service (SMS) based interventions are widely used in healthcare and have shown promising results to improve cancer screening programs. However, more research is still needed to implement SMS in the screening process. We present a study protocol to assess the impact on health and economics of three targeted SMS-based interventions in population-based cancer screening programs.

Methods/design

The M-TICs study is a randomized controlled trial with a formal process evaluation. Participants aged 50-69 years identified as eligible from the colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer (BC) screening program of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (Catalonia, Spain) will be randomly assigned to receive standard invitation procedure (control group) or SMS-based int

SUBMITTER: Vives N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822525 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature