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Trial reportEndoscopy2017

Improving uptake of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: a randomized trial of nonparticipant reminders in the English Screening Programme.

Robert S Kerrison, Lesley M McGregor, Sarah Marshall, John Isitt, Nicholas Counsell, Colin J Rees, Christian von Wagner

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Endoscopy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Robert S KerrisonHealth Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Lesley M McGregorHealth Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Sarah MarshallSt Mark's Bowel Cancer Screening Centre, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom.
John IsittResonant Behaviour Change and Social Marketing, London, United Kingdom.
Nicholas CounsellCancer Research UK and University College London Cancer Trials Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Colin J ReesSouth Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, South Tyneside School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.
Christian von WagnerHealth Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBCancer Research UK · GBDurham University · GBSt Mark's Hospital · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 14134Cancer Research UK 15953Cancer Research UK 17326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Early Detection of CancerReminder SystemsAdenomaColorectal NeoplasmsEnglandFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPamphletsPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient Education as TopicSigmoidoscopySingle-Blind Method

Identifiers

PMID27997965
PMCPMC6193284
OpenAlexW2567165087

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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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.