Table 1.
Participant Characteristics.
| Ethnic/racial group (N) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Level | Hispanic (126) |
Non-Hispanic White (132) |
Non-Hispanic Black (198) |
Others (14) | p-value† |
| Age (mean) | 58.6 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 57.7 | 0.004 | |
| Gender | Female | 65.1% | 60.0% | 65.7% | 57.1% | 0.67 |
| Marital status | Married or with partners | 56.4% | 22.7% | 24.2% | 42.9% | <0.0001 |
| Divorced or separated | 26.2% | 43.9% | 37.9% | 35.7% | ||
| Others | 17.5% | 33.3% | 37.9% | 21.4% | ||
| Education | High School /GED or below | 88.1% | 41.7% | 54.0% | 57.1% | <0.0001 |
| Employment | Full/part-time or seasonal | 31.0% | 22.7% | 33.3% | 28.6% | <0.0001 |
| Look for a job, work at home, student, or retired |
65.1% | 50.8% | 47.0% | 35.7% | ||
| disabled | 4.0% | 26.5% | 19.7% | 35.7% | ||
| Insured | No | 86.5% | 81.8% | 67.2% | 71.4% | 0.0003 |
| Having a regular doctor? | No | 23.0% | 25.8% | 26.3% | 21.4% | 0.90 |
| General health | Fair/poor | 65.9% | 46.2% | 41.4% | 50.0% | 0.0002 |
| Good, very good, excellent | 34.1% | 53.8% | 58.6% | 50.0% | ||
| Diabetes | Yes | 46.0% | 23.5% | 27.8% | 28.6% | 0.0005 |
| High blood pressure | Yes | 50.0% | 58.3% | 64.7% | 50.0% | 0.06 |
| Heart disease | Yes | 6.4% | 10.6% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 0.58 |
| Asthma | Yes | 7.1% | 19.7% | 17.7% | 14.3% | 0.026 |
| Fatalism score (mean) | 23.6 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 23.9 | <0.0001 | |
| Perceived risk of getting colon cancer | Low | 55.6% | 40.9% | 53.0% | 57.1% | 0.023 |
| Moderate | 34.1% | 53.0% | 43.4% | 35.7% | ||
| High | 10.3% | 6.1% | 3.5% | 7.1% | ||
| Perceived risk of getting colon cancer compared to people at same age |
More likely | 15.9% | 13.6% | 11.1% | 21.4% | <0.0001 |
| About the same | 61.1% | 62.9% | 40.9% | 28.6% | ||
| Less likely | 23.0% | 23.5% | 48.0% | 50.0% | ||
| How often do you worry about getting colon cancer |
Rarely or never | 36.5% | 47.0% | 58.6% | 57.1% | 0.002 |
| Sometimes | 47.6% | 46.2% | 35.4% | 35.7% | ||
| Often or all the time | 15.9% | 6.8% | 6.1% | 7.1% | ||
| Perceived risk score (mean) | 5.27 | 5.15 | 4.61 | 4.71 | <0.0001 | |
| Self efficacy | Very likely | 49.2% | 56.8% | 59.1% | 71.4% | 0.07‡ |
| Likely | 27.0% | 31.8% | 28.3% | 21.4% | ||
| Unlikely | 3.2% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 0 | ||
| Very unlikely | 4.0% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 0 | ||
| Don’t know | 16.7% | 8.3% | 7.1% | 7.1% | ||
| Doctor recommended CRC? | Yes | 53.2% | 54.6% | 48.5% | 57.1% | 0.68 |
| Colonoscopy barrier scores § | 2.01 (94) | 1.98 (87) | 1.98 (136) | 2.03 (10) | 0.98 | |
| FOBT barrier scores § | 1.79 (46) | 1.72 (56) | 1.62 (77) | 2.61 (3) | 0.43 | |
†
Chi-squared test except age, fatalism score, and perceived risk score (Mann-Whitney test)
‡
collapsing “unlikely”, “very unlikely”, and “Don’t know” into one category
§
mean score (sample size)