Pre-Post Study for Supporting Appropriate Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening

Pre-Post Study for Supporting Appropriate Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening

The primary objective of this study is to assess the effect of the decision aid on measures of decision-making such as knowledge, screening attitudes, decisional conflict, and screening intent.

Using a single group, pre-post design, we aim to assess the effect of the decision aid on screening knowledge, screening attitudes, decisional conflict, and screening intent within 3 months of decision aid viewing.

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to participate in this study:

• Age 55 - 80;
• Current smoker, or former smoker who has less than a 16-year quit history;
• Have at least a 30-pack year smoking history (average packs per day * years smoking); and
• Patient of the Internal Medicine Clinic at University of North Carolina Health Care.

Exclusion Criteria:

All subjects meeting any of the following exclusion criteria at baseline will be excluded from study participation:

• Ever diagnosed with lung cancer;
• Undergone chemotherapy or radiation therapy in the past 18 months prior to enrollment;
• Coughed up blood from lungs (also called hemoptysis) within the past year prior to enrollment;
• Experienced unexplained weight loss of 15-pounds or more during six months prior to enrollment; and
• Had a chest CT scan within the past 18 months prior to enrollment.