Time to fecal immunochemical test completion for colorectal cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) can efficiently screen for colorectal cancer (CRC), but little is known on the timing to their completion. We investigate the time to return of a FIT following an order and describe patient characteristics associated with FIT return.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

We identified 63,478 members of Kaiser Permanente Washington, aged 50 to 74 years, who received a FIT order from 2011 through 2012. Patient characteristics were ascertained through administrative and electronic health record data sources. We compared time from FIT order to return by patient characteristics using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods.

Results

About half (53.7%) of members completed a FIT. Median time from order to return

SUBMITTER: Haas CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170013 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature