Yanan Wu1, Yingru Liang2, Qin Zhou2, Huazhang Liu2, Guozhen Lin2, Wenfeng Cai2, Yan Li2, Jing Gu1,3. 1. Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. 2. Department of Noncommunicable Chronic Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. 3. Sun Yat-Sen Global Health Institute, Institute of State Governance, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Colonoscopy adherence among populations at high risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) is crucial for the early diagnosis and treatment of CRC, but the adherence rate has been found to be poor. A short message service (SMS) is effective in promoting cancer screening, but its effectiveness in promoting colonoscopy among populations at high risk for CRC has not been well studied. METHODS: In this randomized controlled trial conducted in Guangzhou, China, participants who had tested positive during preliminary CRC screening (a high-risk factor questionnaire and/or an immunochemical fecal occult blood test) but had not undergone colonoscopy were randomized into low-frequency (monthly) intervention, high-frequency (biweekly) intervention, and control groups. The 2 intervention groups received behavioral theory-based SMS for 6 months. Data were obtained from the CRC screening database. The outcome was undergoing a colonoscopy examination. RESULTS: For the 1362 participants, the rates of colonoscopy adherence were 5.2%, 6.0%, and 10.5% at month 3 and 7.1%, 9.6%, and 13.7% at month 6 in the control, low-frequency intervention, and high-frequency intervention groups, respectively. After adjustments for potential confounders, the high-frequency intervention group was approximately twice as likely as the control group to undergo colonoscopy (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.99; 95% confidence interval, 1.32-3.01), whereas the difference between the low-frequency intervention and control groups was not statistically significant. The cost of SMS to increase colonoscopy uptake by 1 in the high-frequency intervention group was US $2.7. CONCLUSIONS: Text messages sent biweekly for 6 months to patients with positive preliminary screening results could increase colonoscopy adherence. SMS could be a prioritized intervention for promoting colonoscopy in large community-based populations.
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BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy adherence among populations at high risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) is crucial for the early diagnosis and treatment of CRC, but the adherence rate has been found to be poor. A short message service (SMS) is effective in promoting cancer screening, but its effectiveness in promoting colonoscopy among populations at high risk for CRC has not been well studied. METHODS: In this randomized controlled trial conducted in Guangzhou, China, participants who had tested positive during preliminary CRC screening (a high-risk factor questionnaire and/or an immunochemical fecal occult blood test) but had not undergone colonoscopy were randomized into low-frequency (monthly) intervention, high-frequency (biweekly) intervention, and control groups. The 2 intervention groups received behavioral theory-based SMS for 6 months. Data were obtained from the CRC screening database. The outcome was undergoing a colonoscopy examination. RESULTS: For the 1362 participants, the rates of colonoscopy adherence were 5.2%, 6.0%, and 10.5% at month 3 and 7.1%, 9.6%, and 13.7% at month 6 in the control, low-frequency intervention, and high-frequency intervention groups, respectively. After adjustments for potential confounders, the high-frequency intervention group was approximately twice as likely as the control group to undergo colonoscopy (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.99; 95% confidence interval, 1.32-3.01), whereas the difference between the low-frequency intervention and control groups was not statistically significant. The cost of SMS to increase colonoscopy uptake by 1 in the high-frequency intervention group was US $2.7. CONCLUSIONS: Text messages sent biweekly for 6 months to patients with positive preliminary screening results could increase colonoscopy adherence. SMS could be a prioritized intervention for promoting colonoscopy in large community-based populations.
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