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Culturally targeted patient navigation for increasing african americans' adherence to screening colonoscopy: a randomized clinical trial

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. 2013 Sep;22(9):1577-87. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1275. Epub 2013 Jun 10. Culturally targeted patient navigation for increasing african americans' adherence to screening colonoscopy: a randomized clinical trial

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Culturally targeted patient navigation for increasing african americans' adherence to screening colonoscopy: a randomized clinical trial

Lina Jandorf et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Sep.

. 2013 Sep;22(9):1577-87. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-1275. Epub 2013 Jun 10. Affiliation

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Abstract

Background: Patient navigation has been an effective intervention to increase cancer screening rates. This study focuses on predicting outcomes of screening colonoscopy for colorectal cancer among African Americans using different patient navigation formats.

Methods: In a randomized clinical trial, patients more than 50 years of age without significant comorbidities were randomized into three navigation groups: peer-patient navigation (n = 181), pro-patient navigation (n = 123), and standard (n = 46). Pro-patient navigations were health care professionals who conducted culturally targeted navigation, whereas peer-patient navigations were community members trained in patient navigation who also discussed their personal experiences with screening colonoscopy. Two assessments gathered sociodemographic, medical, and intrapersonal information.

Results: Screening colonoscopy completion rate was 75.7% across all groups with no significant differences in completion between the three study arms. Annual income more than $10,000 was an independent predictor of screening colonoscopy adherence. Unexpectedly, low social influence also predicted screening colonoscopy completion.

Conclusions: In an urban African American population, patient navigation was effective in increasing screening colonoscopy rates to 15% above the national average, regardless of patient navigation type or content.

Impact: Because patient navigation successfully increases colonoscopy adherence, cultural targeting may not be necessary in some populations.

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Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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