Table 4. Prevalence of participants scoring above 8, cutoff level indicating possible presence of anxiety and depression.

	⩾8 anxiety baseline	⩾8 anxiety result	P-value
FS positive	14.9% n=15	16.8% n=17	0.75
FS negative	9.8% n=164	9.7% n=161	0.84
FIT positive	18.8% n=16	15.3% n=13	0.45
FIT negative	13.7% n=171	12.9% n=161	0.33
	⩾8 depression baseline	⩾8 depression result	P-value
FS positive	10.1% n=10	7.1% n=7	0.25
FS negative	5.4% n=92	6.0% n=102	0.29
FIT positive	19.0% n=16	16.7% n=14	0.68
FIT negative	7.8% n=97	8.4% n=105	0.39

Abbreviations: FS=flexible sigmoidoscopy; FIT=faecal immunochemical test.

McNemars test.