Abstract
Purpose
Papanicolaou (Pap) testing has dramatically decreased cervical cancer incidence in the USA, but only 83 % of women screen according to guidelines. Our study aimed to examine the real-world effectiveness of various outreach methods in engaging patients who are overdue for cervical cancer screening.
Methods
In total, 1,100 patients at an urban federally qualified health center overdue for Pap testing were randomized to receive usual care (control), letter outreach, email outreach, telephone outreach, or multimodal (letter/email/telephone) outreach over a period of 3 months. Eighteen months after randomization, medical records were used to determine whether and when each patient had obtained a Pap.
Results
Compared to patients receiving usual care, patients in the multimodal (36 vs. 21 %, AOR 2.3, 95 % CI 1.4, 3.6) and telephone (29 vs. 21 %, AOR 1.7, 95 % CI 1.1, 2.8) outreach groups were significantly more likely to receive cervical cancer screening during the follow-up period. Intervention effects were similar among older and younger patients. Telephone, multimodal, and letter outreach resulted in significantly lower median time to screening among patients who did screen (119, 122, and 157 days, respectively) in those groups as compared to the usual care group (270 days).
Conclusions
This is the first study to perform a direct, randomized comparison of four distinct cervical cancer outreach intervention modalities with a control usual care group, ensuring comparability across intervention methods. In an urban primary care setting, a multimodal outreach strategy was most effective at increasing the proportion of overdue patients who undergo cervical screening and decreasing time to screening.
Clinical Trials Registry
ClinicalTrials.gov; Registration Number: NCT02427399; http://ift.tt/2ahbHkF.
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