Table 2.
Participant Self-Report Of Discussion of CRC Screening by Arm
| Usual care | Intervention | p value | Physician intervention only | Physician–patient intervention | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | 153 | 350 | 183 | 167 | ||
| Discussion*, n (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 52 (34.0 %) | 194 (55.4 %) | 0.07 | 92 (50.3 %) | 102 (61.1 %) | 0.008 |
| No | 101 (66.0 %) | 156 (44.6 %) | 91 (49.7 %) | 65 (38.9 %) | ||
| Specific test discussed, n (%) | 153 | 350 | 0.03‡ | 183 | 167 | 0.16‡ |
| No discussion/no test specified† | 118 (77.1 %) | 194 (55.4 %) | 109 (59.7 %) | 85 (50.9 %) | ||
| Stool test only | 0 (0 %) | 27 (7.7 %) | 9 (4.9 %) | 18 (10.8 %) | ||
| Colonoscopy only | 32 (20.9 %) | 111 (31.7 %) | 56 (30.6 %) | 55 (32.9 %) | ||
| Stool test and colonoscopy | 3 (2.0 %) | 18 (5.1 %) | 9 (4.9 %) | 9 (5.4 %) | ||
*p = 0.19 for Usual Care vs. Physician intervention; p = 0.026 for Usual Care vs. Physician–patient intervention
†17 participants in Usual Care and 38 in Intervention reported a discussion, but reported that no CRC screening test was specified
‡p = 0.036 comparing 5.1 % to 2.0 %; p = 0.99 comparing 5.4 % to 4.9 %