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Interventions to Improve Follow-up of Positive Results on Fecal Blood Tests: A Systematic Review.


ABSTRACT: Background:Fecal immunochemical testing is the most commonly used method for colorectal cancer screening worldwide. However, its effectiveness is frequently undermined by failure to obtain follow-up colonoscopy after positive test results. Purpose:To evaluate interventions to improve rates of follow-up colonoscopy for adults after a positive result on a fecal test (guaiac or immunochemical). Data Sources:English-language studies from the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, and Embase from database inception through June 2017. Study Selection:Randomized and nonrandomized studies reporting an intervention for colonoscopy follow-up of asymptomatic adults with positive fecal test results. Data Extraction:Two reviewers independently extracted data and ranked study quality; 2 rated overall strength of evidence for each category of study type. Data Synthesis:Twenty-three studies were eligible for analysis, including 7 randomized and 16 nonrandomized studies. Three were at low risk of bias. Eleven studies described patient-level interventions (changes to invitation, provision of results or follow-up appointments, and patient navigators), 5 provider-level interventions (reminders or performance data), and 7 system-level interventions (automated referral, precolonoscopy telephone calls, patient registries, and quality improvement efforts). Moderate evidence supported patient navigators and provider reminders or performance data. Evidence for system-level interventions was low. Seventeen studies reported the proportion of test-positive patients who completed colonoscopy compared with a control population, with absolute differences of -7.4 percentage points (95% CI, -19 to 4.3 percentage points) to 25 percentage points (CI, 14 to 35 percentage points). Limitation:More than half of studies were at high or very high risk of bias; heterogeneous study designs and characteristics precluded meta-analysis. Conclusion:Patient navigators and giving providers reminders or performance data may help improve colonoscopy rates of asymptomatic adults with positive fecal blood test results. Current evidence about useful system-level interventions is scant and insufficient. Primary Funding Source:National Cancer Institute. (PROSPERO: CRD42016048286).

SUBMITTER: Selby K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6178946 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Interventions to Improve Follow-up of Positive Results on Fecal Blood Tests: A Systematic Review.

Selby Kevin K   Baumgartner Christine C   Levin Theodore R TR   Doubeni Chyke A CA   Zauber Ann G AG   Schottinger Joanne J   Jensen Christopher D CD   Lee Jeffrey K JK   Corley Douglas A DA  

Annals of internal medicine 20171010 8


<h4>Background</h4>Fecal immunochemical testing is the most commonly used method for colorectal cancer screening worldwide. However, its effectiveness is frequently undermined by failure to obtain follow-up colonoscopy after positive test results.<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate interventions to improve rates of follow-up colonoscopy for adults after a positive result on a fecal test (guaiac or immunochemical).<h4>Data sources</h4>English-language studies from the Cochrane Central Register of Control  ...[more]

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