Comprehensibility of Colorectal Cancer Screening Educational Materials: Effects on Patient Knowledge and Motivation

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Conditions studied: Colorectal Neoplasms

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a newly developed patient education document concerning colorectal cancer screening will be better understood and have greater effects on patient knowledge of and motivation for screening than a standard educational document.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00965965

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

60

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-27

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Receive primary care at one of the participating outpatient offices
• Age 50-75
• Able to read and speak English
• Adequate vision, hearing, and hand function to read printed documents, communicate with research staff, answer questionnaires, and otherwise participate
• Not up to date for colorectal cancer screening (defined as fecal occult blood test within 1 year, flexible sigmoidoscopy within 5 years, or colonoscopy within 10 years)

Where it is running

• University of California Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States

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