Trial reportJournal of health communication2012
Build it, and will they come? Unexpected findings from a study on a Web-based intervention to improve colorectal cancer screening.
Trial report in Journal of health communication, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Usage Metrics of Web-Based Interventions Evaluated in Randomized Controlled Trials: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Web-Based Study for Improving Mammography Among Korean American Women.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2017Trial
- Does patient time spent viewing computer-tailored colorectal cancer screening materials predict patient-reported discussion of screening with providers?Health education research · 2016Trial
- Efficacy of an Intervention to Alter Skin Cancer Risk Behaviors in Young Adults.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Trial
- A randomized comparison of print and web communication on colorectal cancer screening.JAMA internal medicine · 2013Trial
- Perceptions of Information and Communication Technology as Support for Family Members of Persons With Heart Failure: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Evaluation of the First Polish Web-Based Intervention Aimed at Improving Cancer Prevention (the PORINA Study).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Reactions to online colorectal cancer risk estimates among a nationally representative sample of adults who have never been screened.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- Piloting electronic screening forms in primary care: findings from a mixed methods study to identify patients eligible for low dose CT lung cancer screening.BMC family practice · 2017Article
- Factors Associated With Engagement With a Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention Following Provision of Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Article
- Evaluation of the first open-access hepatitis B and safe injection online training course for health professionals in China.BMC medical education · 2016Article
- Health Information Seeking and Cancer Screening Adherence Rates.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2016Article
- Development and utilization of complementary communication channels for treatment decision making and survivorship issues among cancer patients: The CIS Research Consortium Experience.Internet interventions · 2015Article
- Health information technology (IT) to improve the care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).BMC nephrology · 2014Review
- Directed use of the internet for health information by patients with chronic kidney disease: prospective cohort study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2013Article
- Cancer patient and survivor research from the cancer information service research consortium: a preview of three large randomized trials and initial lessons learned.Journal of health communication · 2013Article
- Usability of a CKD educational website targeted to patients and their family members.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2012Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
Given the extensive use of the Internet for health information, Web-based health promotion interventions are widely perceived as an effective communication channel. The authors conducted this study to determine use of a Web-based intervention intended to improve colorectal cancer screening in a population of women who are at average risk and noncompliant to current screening recommendations. The study was a randomized controlled trial designed to compare the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening educational materials delivered using the Internet versus a printed format. In 3 years, 391 women seen for routine obstetrics/gynecology follow-up at 2 academic centers provided relevant survey information. Of these, 130 were randomized to the Web intervention. Participants received voluntary access to a password-protected, study-specific Web site that provided information about colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening options. The main outcome measures were self-reported and actual Web site use. Only 24.6% of women logged onto the Web site. Age was the only variable that differentiated users from nonusers (p = .03). In contrast, 16% of participants self-reported Web use. There was significant discordance between the veracity of actual and self-reported use (p = .004). Among true users, most (81%) logged on once only. These findings raise questions about how to increase use of important health communication interventions.
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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.