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.
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.
