Table 5.
Reasons Endorsed by Eligible Respondents* for Not Having Sought Colonoscopy or At-Home Tests (gFOBT/FIT).
| Did not seek a Colonoscopya | Did not take an At-Home Testb | |||||
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| Reasons for not having test | N Responses | N (%)Endorsing Each Itemc | N Responses | N (%)Endorsing Each Itemc | ||
| Asked in relation to both colonoscopy & at-home tests | ||||||
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| Colorectal cancer screening options are confusing | 40 | 14 (42%) | 82 | 14 (17%) | ||
| Screening is too embarrassing | 41 | 10 (26%) | 83 | 11 (13%) | ||
| My health care provider did not recommend it | 41 | 15 (26%) | 85 | 53 (62%) | ||
| I was afraid | 34 | 9 (24%) | 81 | 4 (5%) | ||
| I did not know how to prepare for the test | 41 | 8 (21%) | 82 | 5 (6%) | ||
| I was too busy | 41 | 8 (18%) | 81 | 9 (11%) | ||
| I am very low risk for colorectal cancer | 41 | 7 (15%) | 81 | 18 (22%) | ||
| It takes too much time | 41 | 6 (12%) | 82 | 1 (1%) | ||
| The VA Medical Center is too far | 40 | 5 (12%) | 83 | 9 (11%) | ||
| I had another type of screening | 40 | 5 (4%) | 83 | 46 (55%) | ||
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| Asked only in relation to colonoscopy | ||||||
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| I thought it would be painful | 41 | 16 (41%) | -- | -- | ||
| I prefer to take an a-home test | 41 | 14 (35%) | -- | -- | ||
| I did not have transportation | 41 | 7 (18%) | -- | -- | ||
| The screening is too difficult to schedule | 41 | 5 (12%) | -- | -- | ||
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| I prefer to take a colonoscopyd | -- | -- | 81 | 13 (16%) | ||
Combined results for both eligible FIT and Ed group participants.
Includes all those who indicated on the survey they did not have a colonoscopy within past 10 years. There were 28 eligible FIT participants and 15 eligible Ed participants.
Includes all those who indicated on the survey they did not take an at-home test in the past year. There were 52 eligible FIT participants and 34 eligible Ed participants.
Percentages represent participants who endorsed “agree” or “strongly agree.”
There was a statistically significant difference between subjects in the FIT and Ed groups; 10 out of 33 subjects (30%) in the Ed group endorsed this reason compared to 3 out of 48 subjects (6%) in the FIT group, P = .005.