Promoting Informed Decisions About Colorectal Cancer Screening in Older Adults (PRIMED Study): a Physician Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For adults aged 76-85, guidelines recommend individualizing decision-making about whether to continue colorectal cancer (CRC) testing. These conversations can be challenging as they need to consider a patient's CRC risk, life expectancy, and preferences.

Objective

To promote shared decision-making (SDM) for CRC testing decisions for older adults.

Design

Two-arm, multi-site cluster randomized trial, assigning physicians to Intervention and Comparator arms. Patients were surveyed shortly after the visit to assess outcomes. Analyses were intention-to-treat.

Participants and setting

Primary care physicians affiliated with 5 academic and community hospital networks and their patients aged 76-85 who were due for CRC testing and had a visit during the study

SUBMITTER: Sepucha K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362387 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature