Table 2.
Physician Counseling Behaviors Reported by Patients by Colorectal Cancer Screening Status, in Three California Practice Settings, 2008–2009 (N = 504)
| Characteristic | Total Sample N = 504 |
Any CRC Screening N = 299 |
Endoscopy1
N = 233 |
FOBT1
N = 66 |
No Screening N = 205 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explanations of CRC risks/tests scale (0–5 scale): Mean (SD) | 1.4 (1.7) | 2.0 (1.8)*** | 2.2 (1.8)*** | 1.1 (1.6)* | 0.7 (1.2) |
| Elicitation of patient’s CRC screening barriers scale (0–5 scale): Mean (SD) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.6 (1.2) *** | 0.7 (1.3)*** | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.2 (0.5) |
| Responsiveness to patient’s CRC screening concerns scale (0–2 scale): Mean (SD) | 0.3 (0.6) | 0.4(0.7) *** | 0.5 (0.8)*** | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.1 (0.4) |
| Doctor encourages CRC testing: N (%) quite a bit or a lot | 203 (41) | 178 (61)*** | 150 (66)*** | 28 (43)*** | 25 (13) |
1 Endoscopy = sigmoidoscopy in past 5 years or colonoscopy in past 10 years with or without FOBT; FOBT = only fecal occult blood test in the past year
* = p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 for comparison of screening test referred to in column heading to no screening