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. 2012 Jan 4;2012:895807. doi: 10.1155/2012/895807

Table 2.

Types of scheduling and screening barriers reported by early-, late-, and nonscreeners (n = 625).

Early-screener ≤6 months (n = 110) Late-screener >6 months but ≤12 months (n = 39) Nonscreener by 12 months (n = 476)
n % n % n %
Scheduling barriers 27 24.5 30 76.9 233 48.9
Rank (n) Rank (n) Rank (n)
Patient related
 Being too busy 2–3 (3) 4 (3) 2 (50)
 Work and family responsibilities 2–3 (3) 3 (5) 1 (61)
 Missed appointment 4 (2) 2 (6) 3 (24)
 Pending appointment 1 (7) 1 (7) 4 (17)
System related
 Patient had difficulty scheduling appointment with clinic 1 (10) 1 (7) 2 (34)
 Patient expected to be called by clinic 2 (2) 2-3 (1) 1 (40)
 Patient preferred direct access to colonoscopy (0) 2-3 (1) 3 (7)

n % n % n %
Screening barriers 83 75.5 9 23.1 243 51.1
Rank (n) Rank (n) Rank (n)
External
 Financial/insurance concerns 2 (12) 2 (2) 1 (68)
 Medical conditions 3 (4) 1 (3) 2 (56)
 Patient disliked screening test attributes 1 (44) 3-4 (1) 3 (20)
 Perceived lack of physician direction (0) (0) 4 (15)
 Transportation needs 4 (3) 3-4 (1) 5 (14)
Internal
 Salience for screening 3 (4) 1 (2) 1 (30)
 Perceived low need to screen 4 (1) (0) 2 (23)
 Wanted more information 1 (9) (0) 4 (2)
 Emotional concerns including fear of pain or discomfort 2 (6) (0) 3 (15)

Barriers are rank ordered within subcategories.