Colorectal Cancer Screening Among People With Intellectual Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Colorectal cancer mortality is elevated among people with intellectual disabilities, potentially because of delayed diagnosis.

Objective

To compare colorectal cancer screening participation and completion among people with and without intellectual disabilities.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide, register-based cohort study was conducted in Denmark, where all residents aged 50 to 74 years are invited to biennial, free-of-charge colorectal cancer screening. People with and without intellectual disabilities born between 1940 and 1973 and invited to colorectal cancer screening at least once between 2014 and 2023 were included.

Exposure

Intellectual disability, defined as being registered with an intellectual disability diagnosis or a diag

SUBMITTER: Horsbol TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12859718 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature