An entertainment-education colorectal cancer screening decision aid for African American patients: A randomized controlled trial

作者：Hoffman Aubri S; Lowenstein Lisa M; Kamath Geetanjali R; Housten Ashley J; Leal Viola B; Linder Suzanne K; Jibaja Weiss Maria L; Raju Gottumukkala S; Volk Robert J^*

来源：Cancer, 2017, 123(8): 1401-1408.

DOI：10.1002/cncr.30489

• colorectal cancer
• screening
• decision aids
• African American
• choice behaviors

BACKGROUNDColorectal cancer screening rates for African American patients remain suboptimal. Patient decision aids designed with an entertainment-education approach have been shown to improve saliency and foster informed decision making. The purpose of this study was to assess whether an entertainment-education decision aid tailored for African American patients improved patients' decision making, attitudes, intentions, or colorectal cancer screening behavior.
METHODSEighty-nine participants were randomized to view 1) a patient decision aid video containing culturally tailored information about colorectal cancer screening options and theory-based support in decision making presented in an entertainment-education format or 2) an attention control video about hypertension that contained similarly detailed information. Participants met with their clinician and then completed follow-up questionnaires assessing their knowledge, decisional conflict, self-advocacy, attitudes, perceived social norms, and intentions. At 3 months, completion of screening was assessed by chart review.
RESULTSViewing the culturally tailored decision aid significantly increased African American patients' knowledge of colorectal cancer screening recommendations and options. It also significantly reduced their decisional conflict and improved their self-advocacy. No significant differences were observed in participants' attitudes, norms, or intentions. At three months, 23% of all patients had completed a colonoscopy.
CONCLUSIONSDesigning targeted, engaging patient decision aids for groups that receive suboptimal screening holds promise for improving patient decision making and self-advocacy. Additional research is warranted to investigate the effectiveness of such aids in clinical practices with suboptimal screening rates and on downstream behaviors (such as repeat testing). Cancer 2017;123:1401-1408. (c) 2016 American Cancer Society.
In a randomized controlled trial, viewing an entertainment-education decision aid video about colorectal cancer screening compared with an attention control video improved knowledge, decisional conflict, and screening behaviors in African American patients.

• 出版日期2017-4-15