TABLE 2—

Baseline Reasons for Patient Preferences for CRC Screening Tests

	No Test Preference, No. (%)	FOBT, No. (%)	Colonoscopy, No. (%)
No reason/didn’t say	2 (20)	45 (23.2)	2 (16.7)
Noninvasive/wants to avoid hospital/fear of doctors	0	40 (20.6)	0
General convenience/can get by mail	0	76 (39.2)	0
Wants PCP’s recommendation	8 (80)	0	0
Believes test would be PCP’s recommendation	0	0	2 (16.7)
Most reliable/most accurate/“best test”	0	0	7 (58.3)
Would be “less pain”	0	8 (4.1)	0
Familiarity with test	0	6 (3.1)	0
Test would be “easy to do”	0	9 (4.6)	0
Test family would prefer them to do	0	1 (0.5)	0
Concerns about insurance reimbursement/hidden costs of other test	0	4 (2.1)	0
Do not want to handle their own stool	0	0	1 (8.3)
Less embarrassing/less “gross”/more private	0	5 (2.6)	0
Total	10	194	12

Note. CRC = colorectal cancer; FOBT = fecal occult blood test; PCP = primary care physician.