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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2012 Jan 24;28(3):306–311. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00402.x

Table 2.

Completion of FOBT Kit by Type of Service Received

Rural (n = 598) Urban (n = 251)
Ever been given written information or education on FOBTs
 Number of participants receiving information/education 75 81
 Number (%) completing FOBT 43 (57.3%) 54 (66.7%)
 Number of participants not receiving information/education 523 170
 Number (%) completing FOBT 78 (14.9%) 61 (35.9%)
 Risk ratio 3.8 1.9
 P value <.0001 <.0001
Physician ever given you an FOBT kit
 Number of participants receiving FOBT kit 122 121
 Number (%) completing FOBT 103 (84.4%) 104 (86.0%)
 Number of participants not receiving FOBT kit 476 130
 Number (%) completing FOBT 18 (3.8%) 11 (8.5%)
 Risk ratio 22.3 10.1
 P value <.0001 <.0001
All of the above
 Number of participants receiving all 28 47
 Number (%) completing FOBT 22 (78.6%) 39 (83.0%)
 Number of participants not receiving all 570 204
 Number (%) completing FOBT 99 (17.4%) 76 (37.3%)
 Risk ratio 4.5 2.2
 P value <.0001 <.0001