Patterns and predictors of repeat fecal immunochemical and occult blood test screening in four large health care systems in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Effectiveness of fecal occult blood test (FOBT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening depends on annual testing, but little is known about patterns of repeat stool-based screening within different settings. Our study's objective was to characterize screening patterns and identify factors associated with repeat screening among patients who completed an index guaiac FOBT (gFOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT).

Methods

We performed a multi-center retrospective cohort study among people who completed a FOBT between January 2010 and December 2011 to characterize repeat screening patterns over the subsequent 3 years. We studied at 4 large health care delivery systems in the United States. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with rep

SUBMITTER: Singal AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6476786 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature