Table 4.
A personal message promoting colorectal cancer (CRC) screening within a social network: Suggested edits provided by study participants (n=288; those who report using email and would send the edited message via email).
| Original Wording | Deleted Entire Sentence |
Edited Sentence |
Intended meaning of sentence(s) |
Edits altered meaning |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Hi, my doctor is asking me to pass this message along to people over age 50 who I know and care about, and I wanted to share it with you. |
6 | 2.1 | 21 | 7.3 |
I was asked to pass this message
to you. |
1 | 0.3 |
| Colon cancer is expected to kill over 50,000 people in 2011. |
51 | 17.7 | 50 | 17.4 | Colon cancer is harmful. | 2 | 0.7 |
| Screening can stop colon cancer before it starts, or catch it early when it’s likely to be easier to treat. |
8 | 2.8 | 32 | 11.1 |
Screening can prevent
Colon cancer. |
0 | 0.0 |
| Everyone over age 50 should be screened. |
19 | 6.6 | 37 | 12.8 |
There is a specific group of
people (50+ or 'you') that should be screened. |
1 | 0.3 |
| There are a few ways to get screened for colon cancer. |
15 | 5.2 | 3 | 1.0 |
There's more than one way
to get screened. |
0 | 0.0 |
| I just got a colonoscopy, (which is one way to get screened.) |
11 | 3.8 | 47 | 16.3 | I got screened. | 3 | 1.0 |
| If you want I’d be happy to talk to you about what my experience was like. |
19 | 6.6 | 37 | 12.8 |
I am open to discussing
this. |
3 | 1.0 |
| Have you had your screening done yet? If not, please consider talking to your doctor about screening options for colon cancer. |
11 | 3.8 | 53 | 18.4 |
Talk to your doctor about
screening. |
7 | 2.4 |