Table 2.

PHM, self-efficacy and faecal aversion variables; PAPM decision stages

PAPM decision stages for FOBT screening:
Never heard of; Not considered; Decided against; Undecided; Decided to screen
Factor	Statements
PHM a
Salience and Coherence	Having colorectal cancer screening is an important thing for me to dob
	Colorectal cancer screening makes sense to me
	Having colorectal cancer screening can help to protect my health
	I will be just as healthy if I avoid having colorectal cancer screeningc
Social Influence	Members of my immediate family think I should have colorectal cancer screeningb
	I want to do what members of my immediate family think I should do about colorectal cancer screening
	My doctor or health professional thinks I should have colorectal cancer screening
	I want to do what my doctor or health professional thinks I should do about colorectal cancer screening
Cancer Worries	I am afraid of having an abnormal colorectal cancer screening test result
	I am worried that colorectal cancer screening will show that I have colorectal cancer
Perceived Susceptibility	Compared with other persons my age, I am at lower risk for colorectal cancerc
	The chance that I might develop colorectal cancer is high
	The chances that I will develop colorectal polyps are highb
Response Efficacy	When colorectal polyps are found and removed, colorectal cancer can be preventedb
	When colorectal cancer is found early, it can be cured
Self-efficacy	I think that doing the test would be easy for meb
	Finding time to do the test would be difficult for mec
	Completing the test correctly would be easy for me
Faecal Aversion	Collecting faeces for the purpose of bowel cancer screening is distastefulb,c
	Collecting faeces for the purpose of bowel cancer screening is unhygienicc
	Giving a sample of faeces to another person is embarrassingc

^aPreventive Health Model (PHM) items reproduced from Tiro et al. [35].

^bStatements used for tailored assessment.

^cItems were reverse coded.