Large-Scale Implementation of a Decision Aid About Colorectal Cancer Screening
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Colorectal Cancer Screening. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of the project is to improve shared decision making and increase uptake of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening by facilitating the implementation of a decision aid about CRC and screening options in two healthcare systems in Indiana.
Detailed description
This implementation project is putting a shared decision making approach into routine practice to help patients make informed decisions about colorectal cancer(CRC) screening. Regular screening is recommended for adults ages 45 - 75 years old, and there are multiple approved tests for individuals at average risk for colorectal cancer. A video-based decision aid about CRC screening was developed and tested in a previous study by the project team. The study showed that viewing the decision aid had positive effects on measures directly related to shared decision making (knowledge, decision conflict) as well as intent to undergo CRC screening. The project team is working with two healthcare systems to provide patients who are eligible for CRC screening access to the decision aid, training staff and clinicians how to use the decision aid to support shared decision making for CRC screening, working with healthcare system leaders to support the staff and clinicians, and providing support for the ongoing use of the decision aid.
Primary outcome measures
- Shared decision making [Time frame: 18 months]
- Implementation of decision aid [Time frame: 18 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Healthcare system participants will be eligible if they are employed by one of the project team's partner healthcare systems
- Patient participants will be eligible if they are considered due for colorectal cancer screening by the healthcare systems' criteria.
Exclusion criteria
Patient participants will be excluded if they:
- are not between ages of 45 - 75 years old
- self-report that they no longer receive primary care at either of the project team's partner healthcare systems
- self-report that they are not due for colorectal cancer screening (had colonoscopy within the past 10 years, sigmoidoscopy in the last 5 years, FIT in the past year, or Cologuard in the past 3 years)
- are unable to speak or read English or Spanish
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Indiana University — Indianapolis
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06597955 · 22517 · SDM-2022C2-28397