Table 2.
Prevalence of cancer-related risk factors, cancer screening, and behavioral counseling by data source among participants in SCOPE, New Jersey, 2006–2007
| Item | Total n | Patient report |
Medical record |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Cancer-related risk factors | |||
| Personal history of cancer | 742 | 63 (8.5) | 71 (9.6) |
| Family history of cancer | 742 | 161 (21.7) | 125 (16.9) |
| Smoking status: current smokers | 742 | 80 (10.8) | 88 (11.9) |
| Cancer screening | |||
| Mammography | 447 | 310 (69.4) | 161 (36.0) |
| Pap testing | 319* | 256 (80.3) | 144 (45.1) |
| FOBT | 742 | 180 (24.3) | 92 (12.4) |
| Colorectal endoscopy | 321† | 196 (61.1) | 169 (52.7) |
| PSA testing | 295 | 176 (59.7) | 135 (45.8) |
| Behavioral counseling | |||
| Recommendation for mammography‡ | 137 | 16 (11.7) | 27 (19.7) |
| Recommendation for Pap testing‡ | 63 | 5 (7.9) | 9 (14.3) |
| Recommendation for colorectal cancer screening‡ | 226 | 100 (44.3) | 82 (36.3) |
| Diet or weight counseling in the past year | 742 | 445 (60.0) | 270 (36.4) |
| Exercise counseling in the past year | 742 | 436 (58.8) | 212 (28.6) |
| Smoking counseling for current smokers | 80 | 66 (82.5) | 27 (33.8) |
NOTE: History of cancer includes breast, cervical, colorectal, or prostate cancer. Colorectal endoscopy includes sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy procedures.
*
One hundred twenty-eight patients were excluded due to prior hysterectomy.
†
Four hundred twenty-one patients were excluded due to enrollment in practice for less than 5 y.
‡
In patients who reported they did not ever receive the test.