Table 3.
Comparison of Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests Reported by Overdue Women in 2001 and in 2007-2008
| Endoscopya | Home FOBT | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2007-2008 | 2001 | 2007-2008 | |||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | p Value | No. | % | No. | % | p Value | |
| Have you ever heard of this test?b | 52 | 59.8 | 64 | 70.3 | .187 | 20 | 38.5 | 41 | 44.6 | .592 |
| Yes | ||||||||||
| No | 35 | 40.2 | 27 | 29.7 | 32 | 61.5 | 51 | 55.4 | ||
| Barriers to screeningc | ||||||||||
| Knowledge barriers | ||||||||||
| Misconceptions about test | 26 | 29.5 | 21 | 32.8 | .667 | 22 | 36.7 | 4 | 9.8 | .002 |
| Acceptance barriers | ||||||||||
| Worry/fear | 13 | 14.8 | 18 | 28.1 | .044 | 1 | 1.7 | 4 | 9.8 | .066 |
| Don't like idea/don't want | 3 | 3.4 | 8 | 12.5 | .033 | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 9.8 | .355 |
| Reinforcement barriers | ||||||||||
| No clinician recommendation | 9 | 10.2 | 14 | 21.9 | .048 | 8 | 13.3 | 18 | 43.9 | .001 |
a
Women were asked about barriers to sigmoidoscopy in 2001, and to sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy in 2007-2008.
b
In 2001, data on whether women had heard of the test was missing for 1 woman for endoscopy and for 8 women for home FOBT.
c
Barriers from 2001 are reported for unscreened women whether they had heard of the test or not (n = 88 for endoscopy, n= 60 for home FOBT). Barriers from 2007-2008 are reported only for overdue women who had heard of the test.