Evaluating the effectiveness of GP endorsement on increasing participation in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Damery, Sarah ^a   Smith, Steve ^b   Clements, Alison ^c   Holder, Roger ^a   Nichols, Linda ^a   Draper, Heather ^a   Clifford, Sue ^a   Parker, Laura ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^c   Wilson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Endorsement; Fobt; General practitioner; Non responder; Qualitative; Randomised controlled trial; Screening; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCULT BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMINDER SYSTEM;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84857134643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-18     Document Type: Article

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