Table 4. Comparison of psychological variables on follow-up colonoscopy.
| Variables | Polypectomy/no polyps (N = 15) | Polypectomy/remaining polyps (N = 28) | Not Polypectomy/remaining polyps (N = 13) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| CRC worry | 11.27 | 3.17 | 13.11 | 3.98 | 9.62 | 2.22 | .012 |
| Perceived risk (0–100%) | 47.33 | 14.86 | 44.64 | 24.42 | 55.38 | 27.87 | .603 |
| Perceived preventability (0–100%) | 46.67 | 21.27 | 53.57 | 25.71 | 54.62 | 32.05 | .681 |
| Perceive risk (each item) | |||||||
| I think the risk of CRC is high | 3.13 | 1.19 | 3.32 | 0.91 | 3.08 | 1.19 | .690 |
| Compared with average women of the same age, morbidity of CRC is high | 2.67 | 1.05 | 3.14 | 0.89 | 2.62 | 1.04 | .114 |
| Compared with average men of the same age, morbidity of CRC is lowa | 3.47 | 0.99 | 3.11 | 0.99 | 3.31 | 1.18 | .503 |
| Recovery from CRC is easier compared with other diseases | 3.00 | 0.85 | 3.32 | 1.28 | 2.38 | 0.87 | .046 |
| If I suffer from colon cancer, I will not completely heal from it | 2.73 | 0.88 | 2.93 | 0.81 | 2.23 | 0.83 | .078 |
aThe item's score was reversed before analysis.