An RCT to Increase Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adherence to breast and colorectal cancer screenings reduce mortality from these cancers, yet screening rates remain suboptimal. This 2 × 2 RCT compared 3 theory-based interventions to usual care to simultaneously increase breast and colon cancer screening in women who were nonadherent to both screenings at study entry.

Design

RCT.

Setting/participants

Women (n=692) who were nonadherent to both breast and colon cancer screenings and aged 51-75 years were recruited. Enrollment, intervention delivery, and data collection were completed between 2013 and 2017, and data analyzed in 2018.

Intervention

The randomized intervention included the following 4 groups: 3 intervention arms (personally tailored messages using a web-based intervention, phone delive

SUBMITTER: Champion VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8867905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature