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Reducing the social gradient in uptake of the NHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme using a narrative-based information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial

McGregor, L; Von Wagner, C; Atkin, W; Kralj-Hans, I; Halloran, S; Handley, G; Logan, R; ... Wardle, J; + view all (2016) Reducing the social gradient in uptake of the NHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme using a narrative-based information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial. Gastroenterology Research and Practice , 2016 , Article 3670150. 10.1155/2016/3670150. Green open access

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Abstract

Objective: To test the effectiveness of adding a narrative leaflet to the current information material delivered by the NHS English colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme on reducing socioeconomic inequalities in uptake. / Participants: 150,417 adults (59-74 years) routinely invited to complete the guaiac Faecal Occult Blood test (gFOBt) in March 2013. / Design: A cluster randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN74121020) to compare uptake between two arms. The control arm received the standard NHS CRC screening information material (SI) and the intervention arm received the standard information plus a supplementary narrative leaflet, which had previously been shown to increase screening intentions (SI+N). Between group comparisons were made for uptake overall and across socioeconomic status (SES). Results: Uptake was 57.7% and did not differ significantly between the two trial arms (SI: 58.5%; SI+N: 56.7%; Odds Ratio = 0.93, 95% confidence interval: 0.81-1.06, p = 0.27). There was no interaction between group and SES quintile (p = 0.44). / Conclusions: Adding a narrative leaflet to existing information materials does not reduce the SES gradient in uptake. Despite the benefits of using a pragmatic trial design, the need to add to, rather than replace existing information may have limited the true value of an evidence-based intervention on behaviour.

Type: Article
Title: Reducing the social gradient in uptake of the NHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme using a narrative-based information leaflet: a cluster-randomised trial
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1155/2016/3670150
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3670150
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Lesley M. McGregor et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Social inequalities, colorectal cancer screening, narrative, leaflet, cluster randomised trial
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > CRUK Cancer Trials Centre
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473200
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