Preferences for colorectal cancer screening tests and screening test use in a large multispecialty primary care practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test preference and examine the association between test preference and test completed.

Methods

Patients (n = 1224) were 50-70 years, at average CRC risk, and overdue for screening. Outcome variables were preference for fecal occult blood test (FOBT), colonoscopy (COL), sigmoidoscopy (SIG), or barium enema (BE), measured by telephone survey, and concordance between test preference and test completed assessed using medical records.

Results

Thirty-five percent preferred FOBT, 41.1% COL, 12.7% SIG, and 5.7% BE. Preference for SIG or COL was associated with having a physician recommendation, greater screening readiness, test-specific self-efficacy, greater CRC wo

SUBMITTER: Hawley ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3274594 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature