Randomized controlled trial comparing telephone and mail follow-up for recruitment of participants into a clinical trial of colorectal cancer screening

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Arthur D ^a   Kirby, John ^a   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Moayyedi, Paul ^a   Vora, Parag ^a   You, John J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Mail; Randomized controlled trial; Recruitment; Telephone

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMONITORING; CANADA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REMINDER SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84875070635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-40     Document Type: Article

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