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Randomised Controlled Trial of a Literacy Sensitive Decision Aid for Bowel Cancer Screening

NCT00765869 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 555

Last updated 2008-10-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a decision aid (written information booklet designed to facilitate informed decision making) to help people aged 55-64 years, with low levels of education and literacy, make an informed choice about bowel cancer screening, using faecal occult blood testing.

Conditions

  • Colorectal Neoplasms

Interventions

OTHER

Bowel cancer screening decision aid

A decision aid developed for adults with low levels of education and literacy making decisions about bowel cancer screening, using faecal occult blood test (FOBT)

OTHER

Bowel cancer screening decision aid

A decision aid developed for adults with low levels of education and literacy making decisions about bowel cancer screening, using faecal occult blood test (FOBT)

OTHER

Australian Government Bowel Cancer Screening booklet

A consumer booklet developed by the Australian Government for people taking part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sydney

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • McCaffery J Kirsten, PhD · University of Sydney

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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