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Table 1 Descriptive summary of the included studies in the rapid review

From: Effective strategies for Fecal Immunochemical Tests (FIT) programs to improve colorectal cancer screening uptake among populations with limited access to the healthcare system: a rapid review

Characteristics

Categories

Number (n); Proportion (%)

References

Date of Publication

2011–2015

n = 3; 12%

Hillyer et al. 2011; Hillyer et al. 2014; Turrin et al. 2015

2016–2020

n = 12; 48%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Christy et al. 2016; Clarke et al. 2016; Crosby et al. 2017; Davis et al. 2016; Hirko et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2020; Sali et al. 2016; Sali et al. 2018; Somsouk et al. 2019; Stone et al. 2019; Symonds et al. 2019

2021–2022

n = 10; 40%

Botteri et al. 2022; De Klerk et al. 2022; Gomes et al. 2021; Gupta et al. 2022; Lee et al. 2022; Lucas et al. 2021; Prakash et al. 2022; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Van der Meulen et al. 2022; Young et al. 2021

Location

United States

n = 14; 56%

Christy et al. 2016; Crosby et al. 2017; Davis et al. 2016; Gupta et al. 2022; Hillyer et al. 2011; Hillyer et al. 2014; Hirko et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2022; Lucas et al. 2021; Prakash et al. 2022; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Somsouk et al. 2020; Stone et al. 2019

Italy

n = 3; 12%

Sali et al. 2016; Sali et al. 2018; Turrin et al. 2015

Netherlands

n = 2; 8%

De Klerk et al. 2022; Van der Meulen et al. 2022

Australia

n = 2; 8%

Symonds et al. 2019; Young et al. 2021

Other

n = 4; 16%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Botteri et al. 2022; Clarke et al. 2016; Gomes et al. 2021

Study Designa

Randomized controlled trials (with or without two arms) and controlled clinical trials

n = 14; 56%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Botteri et al. 2022; Christy et al. 2016; Davis et al. 2017; Gupta et al. 2013; Hirko et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2022; Prakash et al. 2022; Sali et al. 2016; Sali et al. 2018; Somsouk et al. 2020; Symonds et al. 2019; Young et al. 2021

Cohort (e.g., cohort: one group pre + post; cohort analytic: intervention and comparison group pre and post)

n = 4; 16%

Crosby et al. 2017; Hillyer et al. 2011; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Stone et al. 2019

Ecological studies

n = 3; 12%

Clarke et al. 2016; de Klerk et al. 2022; Van der Meulen et al. 2022

Cross-sectional studies

n = 2; 8%

Gomes et al. 2021; Turrin et al. 2015

Other (e.g., retrospective record review)

n = 2; 8%

Hillyer et al. 2014; Lucas et al. 2021

Access to Healthcare Provider or Healthcare System

No access to regular healthcare provider (based on stratified data analysis)

n = 5; 20%

Crosby et al. 2017; Christy et al. 2016; Davis et al. 2017; Gomes et al. 2021; Stone et al. 2019

No or precarious access to the healthcare system

n = 17; 68%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Botteri et al. 2022; Gupta et al. 2013; Hirko et al. 2020; Hillyer et al. 2011; Hillyer et al. 2014; Lee et al. 2020; Lucas et al. 2022; Prakash et al. 2022; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Lee et al. 2022; Sali et al. 2016; Sali et al. 2018; Somsouk et al. 2022; Symonds et al. 2019; Turrin et al. 2015; Young et al. 2021

Access to healthcare system not specified but results divided by SESb

n = 3; 12%

Clarke et al. 2016; de Klerk et al. 2022; Van der Meulen et al. 2022

Method of FIT Delivery

In-person

n = 10; 40%

Christy et al. 2016; Crosby et al. 2017; Davis et al. 2017; Gomes et al. 2021; Hillyer et al. 2011; Hillyer et al. 2014; Prakash et al. 2022; Sali et al., 2016; Sali et al. 2018; Stone et al. 2019

By mail

n = 13; 52%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Botteri et al. 2022; Clarke et al. 2016; Gupta et al. 2013; Hirko et al. 2020; Lee et al. 2022; Lee et al. 2020; Lucas et al. 2021; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Somsouk et al. 2022; Van der Meulen et al. 2022; Symonds et al., 2019; Young et al. 2021

Unclear

n = 2; 8%

De Klerk et al. 2022; Turrin et al. 2015

Method of FIT Return

In-person

n = 3; 12%

Crosby et al. 2017; Sali et al.2016; Sali et al. 2018

By mail

n = 12; 48%

Botteri et al. 2022; Christy et al. 2016; Davis et al. 2017; Gupta et al. 2013; Hirko et al. 2020; Lucas et al. 2022; Prakash et al. 2022; Ritzenthaler et al. 2022; Somsouk et al. 2022; Stone et al. 2019; Symonds et al. 2019; Young et al. 2021

In-person or by mail

n = 3; 12%

Hillyer et al. 2011; Hillyer et al. 2014; Lee et al. 2022

Unclear

n = 7; 28%

Bartholomew et al. 2019; Clarke et al. 2016; De Klerk et al. 2022; Gomes et al. 2021; Lee et al. 2020; Turrin et al. 2015; Van der Meulen et al. 2022

  1. a The study design is presented as articulated by the CHC team, which aligns with the parameters from the Effective Public Healthcare Panacea Project (EPHPP) Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies [28] as well as methodological knowledge
  2. b In these studies, participants with lower SES were included within the disadvantaged population group definitions