Abstract
—Background. The American Cancer Society (ACS) is interested in facilitating colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) in primary care. Methods. Similar clinics were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 CRCS arms: (1) usual care, (2) exam-room posters designed by the ACS; and (3) posters plus patient reminder calls from an ACS volunteer. Results . Compared to patients due for screening in Arm 1, the odds ratio for getting CRCS in Arm 2 was 1.04 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81-1.34), P value not significant; in Arm 3, it was 1.49 (95% CI, 1.16-1.90), P value < .001. Conclusions. Exam-room posters plus patient reminder calls from the ACS can increase CRCS in primary care.
Supported by the San Francisco Unit of the American Cancer Society, a Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians from the American Cancer Society (MBP), and a Research Scholars Grant from the American Cancer Society (JMEW).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge Jim Shattuck and Pat Morgan for facilitating aspects of this work that took place at the American Cancer Society and Kevin L. Jentes for performing all patient reminder calls. The authors also acknowledge the contributions of Stephen J. McPhee for review of the data and article.
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Supported by the San Francisco Unit of the American Cancer Society, a Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians from the American Cancer Society (MBP), and a Research Scholars Grant from the American Cancer Society (JMEW).