Trial reportCancer medicine2023
Interventions to promote home radon testing: A randomized clinical trial of a smartphone app vs. printed brochures.
Trial report in Cancer medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04980521 (Promoting Radon Testing Via Smartphone App), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Promoting Radon Testing Via Smartphone App: A Clinical Trial in a High Radon State
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Behaviourally-informed household communications increase uptake of radon tests in a randomised controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Comparing Communication Methods to Increase Radon Knowledge and Home Testing: A Randomized Controlled Trial in a High-Radon City.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Interventions to promote home radon testing: A randomized clinical trial of a smartphone app vs. printed brochures.Cancer medicine · 2023Trial
- Understanding residential socioeconomic and behavioral patterns for home air radon testing: a population-based intervention study in New Hampshire and Vermont (USA).Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- A qualitative study exploring barriers and motivators influencing home radon testing decisions and behaviors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Lung Cancer Incidence in Counties at Low and High Risk of Radon Exposure: A Population-Based SEER Analysis (1975-2022).medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Radon is a preventable cause of lung cancer, but the percentage of homes tested for radon is low. We previously developed a smartphone app that informs users about radon and allows them to request a free radon test. Here we conducted a randomized, controlled trial comparing the radon app versus printed brochures on radon knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, including the proportion of participants requesting radon tests. Participants (N = 138) were undergraduates at a midwestern university. Data were analyzed by t-tests, general linear models, and logistic regression. App users showed significantly greater increases in radon knowledge (p = 0.010) and self-efficacy (p < 0.001) and requested tests three times more often than brochure recipients (41.4% vs. 13.2%, p < 0.001). However, the rate of test usage in each condition was low, ~3%. In conclusion, the radon app markedly outperformed brochures in increasing knowledge and requests for radon tests. Future work should focus on methods to increase test usage.
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