Table 2.
Agreement with Health Belief Model constructs
| Rural (n=200) | Urban (n=193) | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (% who agree with statement) | |||
| Self-efficacy | |||
| Know how to get regular screening | 89.0 | 91.1 | 0.489 |
| Confident could schedule screening | 94.5 | 93.2 | 0.591 |
| Can recognize abnormal bowel changes | 88.9 | 89.5 | 0.852 |
| Can prevent myself from getting CRC** | 41.3 | 55.8 | 0.004 |
| Benefits | |||
| Will be able to detect CRC early with screening | 82.4 | 82.6 | 0.955 |
| Would feel good with regular screening | 71.5 | 77.9 | 0.147 |
| Wouldn't worry as much with regular screening* | 66.5 | 77.9 | 0.012 |
| Regular screening detects CRC early | 91.4 | 89.4 | 0.504 |
| Regular screening decreases chance of dying | 84.0 | 88.3 | 0.222 |
| Barriers | |||
| Feel uncomfortable talking about CRC | 27.5 | 22.0 | 0.207 |
| Regular screening will make me worry | 7.0 | 7.9 | 0.748 |
| Regular screening will be embarrassing | 16.5 | 11.1 | 0.120 |
| Regular screening takes too much time | 9.0 | 8.9 | 0.973 |
| Screening will be unpleasant | 36.5 | 37.4 | 0.859 |
| Screening costs too much** | 34.7 | 18.0 | < 0.001 |
| Susceptibility | |||
| Extremely likely will get CRC | 7.1 | 7.4 | 0.921 |
| Will get CRC in future | 6.2 | 5.3 | 0.679 |
| More likely than average to get CRC | 13.3 | 13.8 | 0.891 |
| Severity | |||
| Thought of CRC scares me | 60.1 | 60.1 | 0.983 |
| Problems from CRC would last long time | 64.8 | 59.8 | 0.311 |
| CRC would change whole life* | 68.9 | 56.1 | 0.010 |
| Would not live longer than 5 years with CRC* | 8.2 | 15.5 | 0.028 |
*
p < 0.05
**
p < 0.01