Trial reportSocial science & medicine (1982)2010
Narratives that address affective forecasting errors reduce perceived barriers to colorectal cancer screening.
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Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions to Engage Affective Forecasting in Health-Related Decision Making: A Meta-Analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Do personal stories make patient decision aids more effective? A critical review of theory and evidence.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2013Pooled it
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- Using Narratives to Correct Forecasting Errors in Pediatric Tracheostomy Decision Making.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021Trial
- Improving Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Randomized Intervention to Compare Screener vs. Survivor Narratives.Journal of health communication · 2019Trial
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- Understanding narrative effects in physical activity promotion: the influence of breast cancer survivor testimony on exercise beliefs, self-efficacy, and intention in breast cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2015Trial
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- Leveraging Patient Education to Amplify Colorectal Cancer Screening in the United States: Strategies and Implications.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2025Review
- Development and evaluation of a website with patients experiences of multiple sclerosis: a mixed methods study.BMC neurology · 2022Article
- Associations between COVID-19 risk perceptions, behavior intentions and worry.Health psychology report · 2022Article
- Web-Based Behavioral Intervention Utilizing Narrative Persuasion for HIV Prevention Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men (HeHe Talks Project): Intervention Development.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Impact of a multimedia website with patient experiences of multiple sclerosis (PExMS) on immunotherapy decision-making: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in a mixed-methods design.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
- Examining Long-Term Effects of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Recommendation Messages: A 4-Month Follow-Up Survey of a Randomized Controlled Study in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- A Randomized Trial of Theory-Informed Appeals for Organ Donor Registration Using Internet Advertisements.Kidney international reports · 2020Article
- [Effect of the use of heuristics on diagnostic error in Primary Care: Scoping review].Atencion primaria · 2020Article
- "Worse than I anticipated" or "This isn't so bad"?: The impact of affective forecasting accuracy on self-reported task performance.PloS one · 2020Article
- Illness narratives and chronic patients' sustainable employability: The impact of positive work stories.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Narratives from similar others may be an effective way to increase important health behaviors. In this study, we used a narrative intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening. Researchers have suggested that people may overestimate barriers to colorectal cancer screening. We recruited participants from the US, ages 49-60 who had never previously been screened for colorectal cancer, to read an educational message about screening for the disease. One-half of participants were randomly assigned to also receive a narrative within the message (control participants did not receive a narrative). The narrative intervention was developed according to predictions of affective forecasting theory. Compared to participants who received only the educational message, participants who received the message along with a narrative reported that the barriers to screening would have less of an impact on a future screening experience. The narrative also increased risk perception for colorectal cancer and interest in screening in the next year.
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