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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zorzi, Manuel
• Giorgi Rossi, Paolo
• Cogo, Carla
• Falcini, Fabio
• Giorgi, Daniela
• Grazzini, Grazia
• Mariotti, Loretta
• Matarese, Vincenzo
• Soppelsa, Fabio
• Senore, Carlo
• Ferro, Antonio

Titel

A comparison of different strategies used to invite subjects with a positive faecal occult blood test to a colonoscopy assessment. A randomised controlled trial in population-based screening programmes

Ist Teil von

• Preventive medicine, 2014-08, Vol.65, p.70-76

Ort / Verlag

Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Objective The purpose of this parallel randomised controlled trial was to compare compliance with different modalities used to invite patients with a positive immunochemical faecal occult blood test (FIT +) for a total colonoscopy (TC). Method FIT + patients from nine Italian colorectal cancer screening programmes were randomised to be invited for a TC initially by mail or by phone and, for non-compliers, to be recalled by mail, for counselling with a general practitioner, or to meet with a specialist screening practitioner (nurse or healthcare assistant). Results In all, 3777 patients were randomised to different invitation strategies. Compliance with an initial invitation by mail and by phone was similar (86.0% vs. 84.0%, relative risk — RR: 1.02; 95%CI 0.97–1.08). Among non-responders to the initial invitation, compliance with a recall by appointment with a specialist practitioner was 50.4%, significantly higher than with a mail recall (38.1%; RR:1.33; 95%CI 1.01–1.76) or with a face-to-face counselling with the GP (30.8%; RR:1.45;95%CI 1.14–1.87). Conclusion Compliance with an initial invitation for a TC by mail and by phone was similar. A personal meeting with a specialist screening practitioner was associated with the highest compliance among non-compliers with initial invitations, while the involvement of GPs in this particular activity seemed less effective.