People's views on barriers and solutions to bowel screening uptake V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Increasing uptake of bowel cancer screening: development and trial of a FIT planning support tool
IRAS ID
235376
Contact name
Katie A Robb
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
What are the key barriers that obstruct the completion of bowel screening and how do people overcome them?
Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in Scotland, responsible for over 1,500 deaths every year. Screening can reduce deaths from bowel cancer if the people invited participate. The challenge is that high uptake is hard to achieve, and remains persistently below 60% in Scotland. A new bowel screening test (the FIT, or faecal immunochemical test) will be introduced in Scotland in 2017. The current research represents the initial studies of a bigger project to increase uptake of the FIT for bowel screening by developing and testing a low cost planning support tool. To inform the development of the planning support tool we must first identify the key barriers and solutions experienced by people invited to complete bowel screening using the FIT. Potential participants will be identified from the Scottish Bowel Screening Centre database of eligible adults aged 50-74 who have been invited to complete the FIT for bowel screening. In Study 1 we will invite people to participate in an interview to identify the key barriers and potential solutions to completing the FIT for bowel screening. We plan to interview 20 people who have received but not completed the FIT for bowel screening and another 20 who have completed the FIT for bowel screening. The interviews will take about 1 hour. In Study 2 we will mail potential participants a questionnaire to assess the frequency with which people encounter and overcome the key barriers identified in Study 1. The aim is to obtain responses from approximately 1,000 people who have completed the test and 1,000 who did not complete the test. The study is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of NHS Scotland.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/YH/0439
Date of REC Opinion
14 Dec 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion