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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2015 Oct 9;81:373–379. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.021
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Perception of CRC screening effectiveness
1. How effective do you believe the following methods are to reduce colorectal cancer mortality?

  1. Fecal occult blood test

  2. Sigmoidoscopy

  3. Colonoscopy

 (1) Very effective
(2) Little effective
(3) Not effective
(4) Effectiveness unknown
(9) I don’t know
Perception of influence of INCA recommendations
2. INCA released recommendations about colorectal cancer screening. In your unit, would you say the recommendations for colorectal cancer screening are: (1) Very influential
(2) Little influential
(3) Not influential
(4) I don’t know
Familiarity with CRC screening exams
3. For each of the following exams, please indicate how familiar you are with:

  1. Fecal occult blood test

  2. Sigmoidoscopy

 (1) Very familiar
(2) Familiar
(3) Little familiar
(4) Not familiar
CRC screening practice and adherence with recommendations
4. At what age do you start routine colorectal cancer screening? (1) Less than 50 years
(2) 50–55 years
(3) 56–61 years
(4) 62–67 years
(5) Other
(6) I don’t do colorectal cancer screening (Ends the interview)
5. Which of the following screening exams are used in your unit to screen patients?

  1. Fecal occult blood test

  2. Sigmoidoscopy

  3. Colonoscopy

 (0) No
(1) Yes
(8) N/A

CRC: colorectal cancer; INCA: Brazilian National Cancer Institute