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RCT to Examine the Effects of Scanning

NCT01804621 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15824

Last updated 2013-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to implement a randomized control trial testing effects of information scanning on cancer prevention and screening behaviors in a population sample of 50-70 year olds. Participants will receive one of five versions of an e-newsletter once/month for 12 months and will be asked to complete baseline, mid-point, and end-of-project surveys.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Newsletter

Participants received a health newsletter with articles about general health articles, as well as targeted health articles (differs by condition).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Hornik, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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