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Interventions to improve participation in bowel cancer screening: the value of lay advocacy and positive framing of risk.

ABSTRACT: Intervention 1: the use of a bowel cancer screening invitation letter to that contains photographs of 2 previous screenees who were diagnosed with early bowel cancer through their participation in a bowel cancer screening program, and with simple program advocacy statements from them. Intervention 2: the use of a bowel cancer screening invitation letter that contains enhanced positive framing and generalised risk messages. Primary outcome(s): Completion of faecal immunochemical test within 12 weeks of offer[] Study Design: Purpose: Prevention; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Parallel;Type of endpoint: Efficacy

DISEASE(S): Screening For Bowel Cancer,Cancer-bowel-anal,Cancer-bowel-small Bowel (duodenum And Ileum,Cancer-bowel-back Passage (rectum) Or Large Bowel (colon)

PROVIDER: 2452101 | ecrin-mdr-crc |

REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR

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Project description:Interventions: Name of intervention: gender specific mail-administered screening invitation strategies. All participants will receive an offer to participate in a free FOBT which will be delivered by mail. Intervention arms will differ from control according to the information included in the materials accompanying the screening offer. All study participants will receive a standard screening reminder irrespective of their intervention group. Intervention materials will target specific psychosocial variables previously identified as being related to male participation in FOBT screening. The intervention period is 14 weeks. All participants will receive a screening offer according to the following timeline. Baseline: Advance notification letter sent Week two: Invitation package sent Week eight: Reminder letters sent to those who have not completed an FOBT Week 14: Data collection ceases. Arm 1: Control The control arm will receive a standard offer to participate in FOBT screening designed to mimic the strategy utilised by the Australian national bowel cancer screening program (NBCSP). The standard offer includes an advance notification letter and a screening invitation package. The advance notification letter is sent two weeks prior to the screening invitation package and is designed to alert participants that an invitation to screen for CRC with an FOBT will soon follow. The standard advance notification letter introduces basic information about colorectal cancer and the health benefits of screening. The screening invitation package includes a) a screening invitation letter b) an immunochemical FOBT with associated instructions c) an information booklet that describes colorectal cancer and screening and d) a particip Primary outcome(s): Rate of FOBT participation per trial arm as assessed by number of FOBT screening tests returned.[At 14 weeks from baseline, 12 weeks after receiving the FOBT.] Study Design: Purpose: Prevention; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Blinded (masking used);Assignment: Factorial;Type of endpoint: Efficacy

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Interventions to improve participation in bowel cancer screening: the value of lay advocacy and positive framing of risk.

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