Table 2. Comparison of psychological variables and follow-up colonoscopy.
| Unused (n = 35) | Used (n = 21) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Physician recommendation | 3.26 | 1.12 | 3.90 | 0.94 | .01 |
| Suffering colonoscopy | 2.85 | 1.43 | 2.90 | 1.48 | .96 |
| Physician satisfaction | 4.31 | 1.11 | 4.10 | 1.48 | .78 |
| CRC knowledge | 6.09 | 3.364 | 7.33 | 2.799 | .16 |
| CRC worry | 11.86 | 3.327 | 11.71 | 4.268 | .83 |
| Perceived preventability (0–100%) | 49.71 | 23.33 | 55.71 | 30.09 | .28 |
| Perceived risk (0–100%) | 43.71 | 18.80 | 54.76 | 28.22 | .14 |
| Perceive risk (each item) | |||||
| I think the risk of CRC is high | 3.06 | 0.998 | 3.48 | 1.078 | .16 |
| Compared with average women of the same age, morbidity of CRC is high | 3.03 | 0.954 | 2.67 | 1.017 | .19 |
| Compared with average men of the same age, morbidity of CRC is lowa | 3.29 | 0.987 | 3.19 | 1.123 | .68 |
| Recovery from CRC is easier compared with other diseasesa | 3.14 | 1.089 | 2.81 | 1.209 | .21 |
| If I suffer from colon cancer, I will not completely heal from it | 2.74 | 0.852 | 2.67 | 0.913 | .72 |
aThe item's score was reversed before analysis.