Table 2.

Socio-demographic characteristics, and colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physicians and nurses in Brazil; GUIA 2011.

Characteristic	Physicians (N = 182)		Nurses (N = 347)		P-value^b
Characteristic	N	%	N	%
Gender					<0.001
Female	79	43	294	85
Male	103	57	53	15
Age (in years)					<0.001
≤30	49	27	184	53
31–45	73	40	130	38
46–59	44	24	29	8
≥60	16	9	3	1
Years since graduation					<0.001
≤5	66	37	194	56
6–15	54	30	117	34
≥15	60	33	33	10
Hours worked per week					<0.001
<40	82	46	79	23
≥40	98	54	267	77
Patients seen per week					<0.001
≤50	33	19	138	43
51–150	102	57	160	49
>150	43	24	26	8
Region					0.07
North	11	6	17	5
Northeast	49	27	125	36
Central-West	21	11	21	6
Southeast	65	36	109	31
South	36	20	75	22
Knowledge and attitudes regarding CRC screening
Perception of INCA recommendations for CRC screening as very influential	64	40	106^a	37^a	0.54
More familiar with FOBT	133	77	112	33	<0.001
More familiar with sigmoidoscopy	88	51	36	11	<0.001
Perception of FOBT as very effective	96	56	222^a	75^a	<0.001
Perception of sigmoidoscopy as very effective	141	82	274^a	92^a	<0.01
Perception of colonoscopy as very effective	163	94	309	97	0.22
CRC screening practices
Age of routine CRC screening initiation					<0.001
<50	34	19	61	18
50–55	52	30	47	14
56–61	3	2	2	1
62–67	2	1	0	–
Other	1	1	9	2
I do not conduct CRC screening	83	47	220	65

CRC: colorectal cancer; INCA: Brazilian National Cancer Institute; FOBT: fecal occult blood test.

Over 10% of observations are missing.

P-value for comparison between sample characteristics of physicians and nurses.