%0 Journal Article
%A Gruner, Laura
%A Hoffmeister, Michael
%A Ludwig, Leopold
%A Brenner, Hermann
%T Effect of Various Invitation Schemes on the Use of Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
%J Journal of medical internet research / Research Protocols Research Protocols [...]
%V 9
%N 4
%@ 1929-0748
%C Toronto
%M DKFZ-2020-00750
%P e16413
%D 2020
%Z #EA:C070#LA:C070#
%X Fecal occult blood testing has been offered for many years in the German health care system, but participation rates have been notoriously low.The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of various personal invitation schemes on the use of fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) in persons aged 50-54 years.This study consists of a three-armed randomized controlled trial: (1) arm A: an invitation letter from a health insurance plan including a FIT test kit, (2) arm B: an invitation letter from a health insurance plan including an offer to receive a free FIT test kit by mail upon easy-to-handle request (ie, by internet, fax, or reply mail), and (3) arm C: an information letter on an existing colonoscopy offer (ie, control). Within arms A and B, a random selection of 50
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%$ pmid:32242518
%R 10.2196/16413
%U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/154419