Table 3.
Interest in colorectal screening
| Total (n = 875) |
Indian (n = 234) |
Pakistani (n = 166) |
Bangladeshi (n = 63) |
Caribbean (n = 126) |
African (n = 108) |
Chinese (n = 53) |
white-British (n = 125) |
Significance | |
| Interest | |||||||||
| Yes, definitely (n = 80) | 9.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 11.3 | 24.0 | |
| Yes, probably (n = 519) | 59.3 | 64.1 | 68.7 | 58.7 | 57.1 | 60.2 | 64.2 | 37.6 | |
| Probably not (n = 138) | 15.8 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 13.2 | 28.8 | χ2(18, 875) = 79.0, P < 0.001 |
| Definitely not (n = 138) | 15.8 | 17.5 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 11.3 | 9.6 | |
| Interest dichotomised | |||||||||
| Yes (n = 599) | 68.5 | 70.1 | 74.7 | 66.7 | 65.1 | 64.8 | 75.5 | 61.6 | χ2(6, 875) = 8.6, P = 0.195 |
| No (n = 276) | 31.5 | 29.9 | 25.3 | 33.3 | 34.9 | 35.2 | 24.5 | 38.4 | |
| Interest in those aged 45+ | |||||||||
| Yes (n = 167) | 64.0 | 62.0 | 76.7 | 41.7 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 73.3 | 65.2 | χ2(6, 261) = 7.9, P = 0.243 |
| No (n = 94) | 36.0 | 38.0 | 23.3 | 58.3 | 37.5 | 50.0 | 26.7 | 34.8 | |
| Reasons for interest in screening (open-ended question) (n = 599) | |||||||||
| Peace of mind (n = 565) | 94.3 | 95.1 | 91.1 | 97.6 | 93.9 | 91.4 | 95.0 | 98.7 | |
| Important/can't ignore (n = 16) | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 2.5 | .0 | |
| Health maintenance (e.g. having a health check) (n = 14) | 2.7 | 1.2 | 4.0 | .0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | .0 | |
| Ease of having test (e.g. test sounds easy) (n = 4) | 0.7 | .0 | 1.6 | .0 | 1.2 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 | n/a* |
| Reasons for lack of interest in screening (open-ended question) (n = 276) | |||||||||
| Embarassment/shyness/shame (n = 68) | 24.6 | 25.7 | 23.8 | 23.8 | 27.3 | 23.7 | 30.8 | 20.8 | |
| Not interested (n = 36) | 13.0 | 11.4 | 4.8 | 23.8 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 15.4 | 10.4 | |
| Acceptability of method(n = 30) | 10.9 | 4.3 | 11.9 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 18.4 | 15.4 | 14.6 | |
| Other priorities (n = 24) | 8.7 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 5.3 | .0 | 8.3 | |
| Pain(n = 19) | 6.9 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 7.9 | .0 | 6.3 | |
| Fear (n = 17) | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 10.4 | |
| No need/healthy/not necessary(n = 15) | 5.4 | 7.1 | 4.8 | .0 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 4.2 | |
| Other (n = 14) | 5.1 | 4.3 | 7.1 | .0 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 6.3 | |
| Values/culture/religion (n = 11) | 4.0 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 4.8 | .0 | 7.9 | .0 | .0 | |
| Prefer alternative method(n = 10) | 3.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | .0 | .0 | 2.1 | |
| Lack of time(n = 8) | 2.9 | .0 | .0 | 9.5 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 12.5 | |
| Don't know/not sure (n = 8) | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | .0 | 2.6 | 7.7 | .0 | |
| Last resort (n = 6) | 2.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | |
| Need more info (n = 5) | 1.8 | 4.3 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 2.6 | .0 | 2.1 | |
| Don't want to think about it (n = 5) | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 7.7 | 2.1 | n/a* |
| Perceived barriers to screening uptake among community | |||||||||
| Embarassment/shame (n = 752) | 85.9 | 97.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 95.2 | 100.0 | 96.2 | 17.6 | |
| Nothing (n = 56) | 6.4 | .4 | .6 | .0 | 0.8 | .0 | 1.9 | 41.6 | |
| Logistics (time/place) (n = 30) | 3.4 | .0 | .0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | .0 | .0 | 22.4 | |
| Other priorities (n = 9) | 1.0 | .9 | .0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | 5.6 | |
| Low level of awareness/interest (n = 9) | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | 7.2 | |
| Pain (n = 9) | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .0 | 1.6 | .0 | 1.9 | .8 | |
| Culture/religion (n = 6) | 0.7 | .4 | 2.4 | .0 | 0.8 | .0 | .0 | .0 | |
| Concerns about the test (n = 5) | 0.6 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0.8 | .0 | .0 | 3.2 | |
| Fear (n = 2) | 0.2 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | 1.6 | |
| Stigma (n = 2) | 0.2 | .4 | .0 | .0 | 0.8 | .0 | .0 | .0 | n/a* |
*insufficient counts per cell to perform Chi-square test.
NB: counts do not add up to 100% in each column as some participants mentioned more than one factor