Barriers to Care in Patients With Rectal Bleeding in Nigeria

Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Health-seeking Behavior and Barriers to Care in Patients With Rectal Bleeding in Nigeria

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02855385
• Other study ID #: ERC/2013/09/01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 28, 2016
• Last updated: August 3, 2016
• Start date: April 2013
• Est. completion date: November 2014

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

This study sought to find the health seeking behavior of patients with rectal bleeding as related to their risk to develop colorectal cancer and also assess the general practitioner's perceived barriers to colonoscopy for patients with bleeding per rectum.

Description:

Patients who had rectal bleeding are invited to electronic media and print media will be invited for free medical consultation. Consented patients will complete a purposely design questionnaire for the study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of patient with rectal bleeding as regard the possibility of occurrence of colorectal cancer.

General practitioners in three cities will be contacted to assess their screening strategy for patients with rectal bleeding

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 134
• Est. completion date: November 2014
• Est. primary completion date: November 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All adult patients with rectal bleeding that persisted for up to one month

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient that has the cause of rectal bleeding already determined before presentation

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colorectal Cancer
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Hemorrhage

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University College Hospital, Ibadan, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge score in relations to the demographics of patients with rectal bleeding	To investigates patients' knowledge of the causes of rectal bleeding and their attitudes towards seeking expert opinion for possible diagnostic testing for colorectal cancer (CRC)	60 days	No
Primary	Colonoscopy referral triggers among General Practitioners (GP)	To seeks to examine the GPs' perceived barriers to colonoscopy for patients with bleeding per rectum	60 days	No