Table 2.
Three-Month Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Completion Among Participants With No Prior FIT Who Were Allocated to Text Message Notification vs Live Call Notificationa
| Advance notifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randomization status | July mailing N (%) | October mailing N (%) | Total N (%) | FIT completed (3-month) N (%) |
| Text notification (Arm 1) | ||||
| Total | 1093 | 529 | 1622 | 242 (14.92) |
| Delivered | 879 (80.42) | 441 (83.36) | 1320 (81.38) | 197 (14.92) |
| Not delivered | 214 (19.58) | 88 (16.64) | 302 (18.62) | 45 (14.90) |
| Live call notification (Arm 2) | ||||
| Total | 1062 | 141 | 1203 | 232 (19.29) |
| Reached, discussion with patient | 389 (36.63) | 49 (34.75) | 438 (36.41) | 133 (30.37) |
| Reached, left message | 340 (32.02) | 46 (32.62) | 386 (32.09) | 59 (15.28) |
| Not reached | 333 (31.36) | 46 (32.62) | 379 (31.50) | 40 (10.55) |
FIT, fecal immunochemical test.
a
Participants also received automated phone calls and live phone calls delivered at discretion of care team; includes 113 patients who completed the FIT after randomization but before notification delivery.