(a) Demographic and practice characteristicsa,b.
| PCPsc n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
Naturopaths n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
OB-GYNs n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
Specialistsf n (column %)d (95% CI)e |
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| Total | 363 (30.0%) | 216 (17.9%) | 333 (27.5%) | 297 (24.6%) |
| (27.5%–32.7%) | (15.8%–20.1%) | (25.1%–30.1%) | (22.2%–27.1%) | |
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| Mean age (years) | 357 (48.0 yrs) | 211 (43.5 yrs) | 329 (47.8 yrs) | 288 (47.6 yrs) |
| (26 yrs–76 yrs)g | ( 28 yrs–70 yrs) g | (27 yrs–80 yrs)g | (27 yrs–79 yrs)g | |
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| Number of patients seen per week | ||||
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| <50 | 104 (28.8%) | 185 (86.4%) | 103 (31.0%) | 127 (43.3%) |
| (24.4%–33.8%) | (81.2%–90.4%) | (26.3%–36.2%) | (37.8%–49.1%) | |
| 50–75 | 129 (35.7%) | 25 (11.7%) | 126 (38.0%) | 121 (41.3%) |
| (31.0%–40.9%) | (8.0%–16.7%) | (32.9%–43.3%) | (35.8%–47.0%) | |
| >75 | 127 (35.5%) | 4 (1.9%) | 103 (31.0%) | 45 (15.4%) |
| (30.5%–40.4%) | (0.7%–4.9%) | (26.3%–36.2%) | (11.7%–20.0%) | |
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| Recommend BOCh screening to patients w/o cancer |
394 (97.5%) | 196 (92.0%) | 326 (98.5%) | 187 (63.6%) |
| (95.2%–98.7%) | (87.5%–95.0%) | (96.4%–99.4%) | (57.9%–68.9%) | |
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| Recommend CRCi screening to patients w/o cancer |
355 (98.3%) | 204 (95.8%) | 316 (94.9%) | 275 (93.5%) |
| (96.4%–99.3%) | (92.1%–97.8%) | (91.9%–96.8%) | (90.1%–95.8%) | |
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| Treat patients for BOCh | 47 (13.1%) | 79 (36.9%) | 53 (16.1%) | 172 (58.3%) |
| (10.0%–17.0%) | (30.7%–43.6%) | (12.5%–20.4%) | (52.6%–63.8%) | |
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| Treat patients for CRCi | 48 (13.3%) | 63 (29.4%) | 0 | 241 (81.1%) |
| (10.1%–17.2%) | (23.7%–35.9%) | (76.3%–85.2%) | ||
aCategory totals may be less than the total number of respondents, due to missing values.
bBolded estimates indicate significant findings.
cPCPs: primary care providers which include family physicians, internal medicine physicians, primary care nurse practitioners, and primary care physician assistants.
dThe column % reflects the percent responding within each practice category.
eCI: confidence interval.
fSpecialists consisted of surgeons, colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, gastroenterologists, oncologists, and gynecologic oncologists.
gRange in years.
hBOC: breast and ovarian cancer.
iCRC: colorectal cancer.