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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2016 Nov 23;37(3):204–215. doi: 10.1177/0272989X16679161

Table 4.

Sensitivity Analyses

Predicted Screening
Risk Aversion Method Ages Frequency
Sensitivity Analysis #1: Screening allowed to continue through age 85 y
None (Risk-Neutral) Colonoscopy 51-84 y Every 11 years
Moderate Colonoscopy 59-85 y Every 13 years
High Colonoscopy 55-85 y Every 15 years
Sensitivity Analysis #2: Individuals who poorly understood the benefits of early detection
None (Risk-Neutral) Colonoscopy 53-75 y Every 11 years
Moderate Stool-based testing 61-75 y Every 2 years
High No screening - -

We considered 2 sensitivity analyses for hypothetical individuals: (1) screening allowed to continue through age 85 y and (2) individuals who poorly understood the benefits of early detection, by only understanding the mean benefits of screening rather than the distribution of possible outcomes.