TABLE 1.
Results
| n=199* | |
|---|---|
| Patient Characteristics | |
| Age (mean, IQR) | 49 years (41–58) |
| Women | 52% |
| Education | |
| Some high school | 2% |
| High school diploma | 24% |
| College degree | 38% |
| Graduate degree | 36% |
| Duration of ulcerative colitis | |
| 8–10 years | 19% |
| 11–20 years | 44% |
| Longer than 20 years | 37% |
| Colon involvement | |
| Pancolitis | 21% |
| Left-sided colitis | 32% |
| Proctitis | 21% |
| Unsure | 27% |
| Flares per year | |
| 0 | 32% |
| 1–2 | 47% |
| 3–5 | 10% |
| More than 5 | 10% |
| Previous hospitalization for UC | 39% |
| Medication requirements | |
| Prior IV steroid use | 26% |
| Current immunomodulator use | 21% |
| Current infliximab use | 4% |
| Perceptions of Colon Cancer Risk | |
| How likely do you think it is that you will get colon cancer in the next 10 years? | |
| Certain | 0% |
| Very Likely | 3% |
| Likely | 23% |
| Unlikey | 55% |
| Very unlikely | 19% |
| How does ulcerative colitis affect your chance of getting colon cancer? It makes my chance: | |
| Much higher | 43% |
| A little higher | 48% |
| No difference | 7% |
| A little lower | 1% |
| Much lower | 2% |
| Chance of getting colon cancer in the next 10 years? (median, IQR) | 20% (8%–36%) |
| Chance of dying from colon cancer in the next 10 years? (median, IQR) | 2% (0.01%–11%) |
| Perceptions of the Benifit of Colonoscopy | |
| How would you describe how yearly colonoscopy affects your chance of dying from colon cancer? | |
| Does not change the chance | 2% |
| Decreases it a little | 10% |
| Decreases it a lot | 78% |
| Eliminates the chance | 10% |
| Chance of dying from colon cancer in the next 10 years if you never have a colonoscopy? (median, IQR) | 51% (11%–72%) |
| Chance of dying from colon cancer in the next 10 years if you have a colonoscopy every year? (median, IQR) | 6% (0.15%–21%) |
| Decreased chance of dying because of annual colonoscopy (median, IQR) | 30% (11%–55%) |
*
Item non-response <5%; IQR = interquartile range.