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Table 6 Description of study set-up package

From: Does access to a colorectal cancer screening website and/or a nurse-managed telephone help line provided to patients by their family physician increase fecal occult blood test uptake?: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol

Study package delivered to each collaborating family physician

Description/details

In-Clinic Patient Survey Binder(s):

Contents:

thank you page for support staff

In-Clinic Patient Surveys for support staff

step-by-step outline of the study protocol,

business card attached to each survey providing contact information for the study coordinator and the University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board (attached to clipboards and replaced when necessary)

step-by-step flow diagram of the study protocol

patient eligibility criteria

contact information for the study coordinator

 

Clipboards with pens

Two clipboards and pens per family physician

Patient Tracking Form Binders:

Each family physician is provided with one Patient Tracking Form Binder per evaluation room (usually two)

step-by-step outline of the study protocol

the 30–35 Patient Tracking Forms are split between the these binders

step-by-step flow diagram of the study protocol

 

patient eligibility criteria

Each Patient Tracking Form corresponds to a specific patient with corresponding seven-digit alphanumeric study identification number

contact information for the study coordinator

family physician records the date of FOBT requisition, patient’s name, FOBT distribution method, removes the sticker from the form and attaches it to the corresponding patient’s In-Clinic Survey