Title |
Can an alert in primary care electronic medical records increase participation in a population-based screening programme for colorectal cancer? COLO-ALERT, a randomised clinical trial
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Published in |
BMC Cancer, March 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-14-232 |
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Authors |
Carolina Guiriguet-Capdevila, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Irene Rivero-Franco, Carme Vela-Vallespín, Mercedes Vilarrubí-Estrella, Miquel Torres-Salinas, Jaume Grau-Cano, Andrea Burón-Pust, Cristina Hernández-Rodríguez, Antonio Fuentes-Peláez, Dolores Reina-Rodríguez, Rosa De León-Gallo, Leonardo Mendez-Boo, Pere Torán-Monserrat |
Abstract |
Colorectal cancer is an important public health problem in Spain. Over the last decade, several regions have carried out screening programmes, but population participation rates remain below recommended European goals. Reminders on electronic medical records have been identified as a low-cost and high-reach strategy to increase participation. Further knowledge is needed about their effect in a population-based screening programme. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an electronic reminder to promote the participation in a population-based colorectal cancer screening programme. Secondary aims are to learn population's reasons for refusing to take part in the screening programme and to find out the health professionals' opinion about the official programme implementation and on the new computerised tool. |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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Spain | 4 | 3% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 121 | 95% |
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Researcher | 25 | 20% |
Student > Master | 24 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
Other | 24 | 19% |
Unknown | 27 | 21% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 35% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 12% |
Computer Science | 9 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
Psychology | 6 | 5% |
Other | 13 | 10% |
Unknown | 32 | 25% |