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. 2007 Jul;53(7):1192–1197.

Table 2.

Accuracy of self-reported colorectal cancer screening history compared with medical records

SCREENING METHODS NONRANDOM AGREEMENT
CONCORDANCE
SENSITIVITY
SPECIFICITY
POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE
NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE
κ SCORE 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Any screening 0.66 0.53–0.79 84.9 78.1–90.3 76.0 61.8–86.9 89.6 81.7–94.9 79.2 65.0–89.5 87.8 0.79–0.93
Fecal occult blood test within past 2 years 0.47 0.28–0.65 84.2 77.3–89.7 55.6 35.3–74.5 90.8 84.1–95.3 57.7 36.9–76.6 90.0 83.2–94.7
Endoscopy within past 5 years 0.74 0.60–0.88 91.8 86.1–95.7 76.7 57.7–90.1 95.7 90.2–98.6 82.1 63.1–93.9 94.1 88.1–97.6