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T1 - Text-message Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS): a randomised controlled trial.
AU - Hirst, Y
AU - Skrobanski, H
AU - Kerrison, RS
AU - Kobayashi, LC
AU - Counsell, N
AU - Djedovic, N
AU - Ruwende, J
AU - Stewart, M
AU - von, Wagner C
PY - 2017/5/23
Y1 - 2017/5/23
N2 - Background:We investigated the effectiveness of a text-message reminder to improve uptake of the English Bowel Cancer Screening programme in London.Methods:We performed a randomised controlled trial across 141 general practices in London. Eight thousand two hundred sixty-nine screening-eligible adults (aged 60–74 years) were randomised in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive either a text-message reminder (n=4134) or no text-message reminder (n=4135) if they had not returned their faecal occult blood test kit within 8 weeks of initial invitation. The primary outcome was the proportion of adults returning a test kit at the end of an 18-week screening episode (intention-to-treat analysis). A subgroup analysis was conducted for individuals receiving an invitation for the first time.Results:Uptake was 39.9% in the control group and 40.5% in the intervention group. Uptake did not differ significantly between groups for the whole study population of older adults (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.94–1.12; P=0.56) but did vary between the groups for first-time invitees (uptake was 34.9% in the control and 40.5% in the intervention; adjusted OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.04–1.58; P=0.02).Conclusions:Although text-message reminders did not significantly increase uptake of the overall population, the improvement among first-time invitees is encouraging.
AB - Background:We investigated the effectiveness of a text-message reminder to improve uptake of the English Bowel Cancer Screening programme in London.Methods:We performed a randomised controlled trial across 141 general practices in London. Eight thousand two hundred sixty-nine screening-eligible adults (aged 60–74 years) were randomised in a 1 : 1 ratio to receive either a text-message reminder (n=4134) or no text-message reminder (n=4135) if they had not returned their faecal occult blood test kit within 8 weeks of initial invitation. The primary outcome was the proportion of adults returning a test kit at the end of an 18-week screening episode (intention-to-treat analysis). A subgroup analysis was conducted for individuals receiving an invitation for the first time.Results:Uptake was 39.9% in the control group and 40.5% in the intervention group. Uptake did not differ significantly between groups for the whole study population of older adults (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.94–1.12; P=0.56) but did vary between the groups for first-time invitees (uptake was 34.9% in the control and 40.5% in the intervention; adjusted OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.04–1.58; P=0.02).Conclusions:Although text-message reminders did not significantly increase uptake of the overall population, the improvement among first-time invitees is encouraging.
KW - colorectal
KW - cancer screening
KW - randomised controlled trial
KW - reminder
KW - uptake
KW - text-message
U2 - 10.1038/bjc.2017.117
DO - 10.1038/bjc.2017.117
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28441381
VL - 116
SP - 1408
EP - 1414
JO - British Journal of Cancer
JF - British Journal of Cancer
SN - 0007-0920
ER -