Table 3.
Descriptive differences between study groups for each knowledge item
| % Correct | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | ‘Gist + Facts’ group | ‘Facts only’ group | Difference (%) | |
| Doing the FOB test lowers the risk of dying from bowel cancer (true) | 87.6 | 89.3 | 85.7 | 3.6 |
| The FOB test is done at home (true) | 94.5 | 95.2 | 93.7 | 1.5 |
| Most people who do the FOB test will receive an abnormal result (false) | 82.4 | 82.3 | 82.5 | −.2 |
| Only women are sent a FOB test (false) | 95.0 | 95.8 | 94.2 | 1.6 |
| Bowel cancer is a common cancer in people over 60 (true) | 78.0 | 78.8 | 77.1 | 1.7 |
| People only need to do the FOB test once in their life (false) | 89.6 | 91.3 | 87.7 | 3.6 |
| The FOB test can miss bowel cancer (true) | 68.5 | 68.5 | 68.4 | .1 |
| People with an abnormal result always have cancer (false) | 88.8 | 89.7 | 87.9 | 1.8 |
| People aged 60–74 years are sent the FOB test (true) | 83.0 | 86.7 | 79.0 | 7.7 |