Effectiveness Study of a Computer-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Decision Aid

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer, Health Literacy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a multimedia educational computer program can increase colorectal cancer screening rates in low and adequate literacy patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00558233

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

264

Starts

2007-11-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-09

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English-speaking
• Scheduled to see an internal medicine provider
• No recent colorectal cancer screening

You may not qualify if…

• Personal history of colorectal cancer
• Family history of colorectal cancer
• Blood seen in stools within last month
• Obvious cognitive or physical impairment that would prevent participation

Where it is running

• Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center; Downtown Health Plaza — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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