Table 1.
Bowel screening participant and screening staff characteristics.
| Screening participant | Health professional | |
|---|---|---|
| Role | n/a | |
| Specialist screening practitioner | 6 | |
| Screening colonoscopist | 9 | |
| Clinical quality assurance coordinator | 1 | |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 9 | 8 |
| Male | 10 | 8 |
| Health conditions | n/a | |
| Heart disease | 3 | |
| High blood pressure | 8 | |
| Lung disease | 1 | |
| Diabetes | 5 | |
| Ulcer or stomach disease | 1 | |
| Kidney disease | 1 | |
| Liver disease | 3 | |
| Anaemia or other blood disease | 4 | |
| Cancer | 3 | |
| Depression | 3 | |
| Osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis | 3 | |
| Back pain | 4 | |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 3 | |
| Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation score | n/a | |
| 1 (most deprived) | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 5 (least deprived) | 7 |