Barriers to Care in Patients With Rectal Bleeding in Nigeria

NCT ID: NCT02855385

Last Updated: 2016-08-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

134 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-04-30

Study Completion Date

2014-11-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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

Conditions

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Colorectal Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Patient group

This are patients who have current or previous history of rectal bleeding

No interventions assigned to this group

General Practitioner group

This are General practitioner who are in public or private hospitals who treat patients with rectal bleeding

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University College Hospital, Ibadan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Olusegun Alatise

Consultant Surgeon/Senior Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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ERC/2013/09/01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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