Table 2.
Reasons for surveillance test preferences using a hypothetical scenario of being at intermediate risk for CRC
| Preferred a home-based stool testa | Preferred colonoscopy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n = 298) | [95 % CI] | % (n = 152) | [95 % CI] | |
| Reason for preferenceb | ||||
| More frequent | 62.1 (185) | [56.5, 67.4] | 21.7 (33) | [15.9, 28.9] |
| More convenient | 51.7 (154) | [46.0, 57.3] | 12.5 (19) | [8.2, 18.7] |
| Less likely to cause side-effects | 39.9 (119) | [34.5, 45.6] | 7.2 (11) | [4.1, 12.5] |
| Less likely to harm me | 32.6 (97) | [27.5, 38.1] | 5.9 (9) | [3.2, 10.9] |
| Better at finding polyps or cancer | 28.9 (86) | [24.0, 34.3] | 77.6 (118) | [70.4, 83.5] |
| More thorough | 21.5 (64) | [17.2, 26.5] | 53.9 (82) | [46.0, 61.7] |
| More familiar as I would have had the test before | 16.8 (50) | [13.0, 21.4] | 29.6 (45) | [22.9, 37.3] |
| Better at showing what is happening during the test | 6.4 (19) | [4.1, 9.8] | 17.8 (27) | [12.5, 24.6] |
| Other reasons | 7.0 (21) | [4.5, 10.7] | 3.3 (5) | [1.4, 7.5] |
aThe home-based stool test was comparable to FIT
b N.B participants could select more than one reason