Table 5.
Attitude score compared with different physicians' factors.
| Factor | Attitude score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | t | P | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 7.18 (0.9) | 2.27 | 0.025 |
| Female | 6.75 (1.2) | ||
| Age | |||
| <40 years | 6.81 (1.2) | 2.00 | 0.047 |
| >40 years | 7.17 (0.9) | ||
| Family medicine board | |||
| Yes | 7.12 (1.1) | 1.38 | 0.170 |
| No | 6.85 (1.1) | ||
| Performing CRC screening | |||
| Yes | 7.09 (1.0) | 1.24 | 0.218 |
| No | 6.85 (1.1) | ||
| Having a reminder system | |||
| Yes | 7.59 (0.5) | 3.44 | 0.001 |
| No | 7.00 (1.1) | ||
| Influenced by USPSTF | |||
| Yes | 7.00 (1.1) | 1.21 | 0.230 |
| No | 6.62 (1.3) | ||
| Influenced by American Cancer Society | |||
| Yes | 7.03 (1.0) | 2.12 | 0.036 |
| No | 6.40 (1.4) | ||
| Influenced by availability of providers for test other than FOBT | |||
| Yes | 6.97 (1.1) | 0.48 | 0.631 |
| No | 6.84 (1.2) | ||
| Influenced by colleagues practice | |||
| Yes | 6.99 (1.1) | 1.53 | 0.609 |
| No | 6.88 (1.2) | ||
| Influenced by patients' preference of screening test | |||
| Yes | 7.03 (1.0) | 1.28 | 0.202 |
| No | 6.76 (1.2) | ||