caa a22 4500 445797940 CHVBK 20180317145132.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10620-011-1720-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10620-011-1720-0 Telephone Reminder Call in Addition to Mailing Notification Improved the Acceptance Rate of Colonoscopy in Patients with a Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test [Elektronische Daten] [Jae Cha, Joung Lee, Kwang Joo, Hyun Shin, Jae Park] Background and Aims: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) reduces CRC mortality; however, the acceptance rate of a colonoscopy in patients with a positive FIT was not high. The aim of this study was therefore to determine whether a telephone reminder call could increase the acceptance rate of colonoscopy in patients with a positive FIT. Methods: We performed FITs for asymptomatic participants aged 50years or older. For patients with a positive FIT, a colonoscopy was recommended via mailing notification only (control group) or via a telephone reminder call after mailing notification (intervention group). The calls informed patients about the significance of a positive FIT and encouraged a colonoscopy following positive FITs. Results: The FIT results were positive in 90 of 8,318 patients who received FITs. Fifty patients were advised to receive colonoscopy via mailing notification only, and 40 patients were advised via both a telephone reminder call and a mailing notification. The acceptance rate of colonoscopy was significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (p=0.038). The lesion-detection rate for an advanced neoplasia was also significantly higher in the intervention group than in the control group (p=0.046). According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, a telephone reminder was a significant determinant of colonoscopy acceptance in patients with a positive FIT (OR 4.33; 95% CI, 1.19-15.75; p=0.026). Conclusions: Telephone reminder calls in addition to mailing notification improved the acceptance rate of colonoscopy in patients with a positive FIT. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Colorectal cancer (CRC) nationallicence Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) nationallicence Telephone reminder call nationallicence Screening nationallicence Cha Jae Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Lee Joung Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Joo Kwang Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Shin Hyun Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Park Jae Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut Digestive Diseases and Sciences Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 56/11(2011-11-01), 3137-3142 0163-2116 56:11<3137 2011 56 10620 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1720-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-011-1720-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cha Jae Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Joung Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Joo Kwang Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shin Hyun Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Park Jae Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University, 149 Sangil-dong, 134-727, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Digestive Diseases and Sciences Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 56/11(2011-11-01), 3137-3142 0163-2116 56:11<3137 2011 56 10620 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer