Table 3.
Distribution of Agreement within 8 Domains by Number of Anal Biopsies Experienced during High Resolution Anoscopy
| Total N = 307 n (%) |
0 N = 149 n (%) |
1 N = 109 n (%) |
2 N = 46 n (%) |
3 N = 3 n (%) |
Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectations | 0.41 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 21 (6.9) | 7 (4.7) | 10 (9.2) | 4 (8.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Agree anxious about having the procedure | 285 (93.1) | 142 (95.3) | 99 (90.8) | 41 (91.1) | 3 (100.0) | |
| Convenient and acceptable | 0.12 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 15 (4.9) | 9 (6.0) | 3 (2.8) | 2 (4.4) | 1 (33.3) | |
| Agree did not have to wait long, easy to get to, convenient time | 292 (95.1) | 140 (94.0) | 106 (97.3) | 44 (95.6) | 2 (66.7) | |
| Staff interpersonal skills | 1.00 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 11 (3.6) | 6 (4.0) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Agree could ask questions, not rushed and understood words | 296 (96.4) | 143 (96.0) | 105 (96.3) | 45 (97.8) | 3 (100.0) | |
| Physical surroundings | 0.91 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 9 (2.9) | 4 (2.7) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Agree had enough privacy and observing HRA increased comfort | 298 (97.1) | 145 (97.3) | 105 (96.3) | 45 (97.8) | 3 (100.0) | |
| Perceived technical competence | 0.51 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 11 (3.6) | 4 (2.7) | 4 (3.7) | 3 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Agree confident procedure performed properly | 296 (96.4) | 145 (97.3) | 105 (96.3) | 43 (93.5) | 3 (100.0) | |
| Pain and Discomfort | 0.31 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 213 (69.4) | 100 (67.1) | 74 (67.9) | 37 (80.4) | 2 (66.7) | |
| Agree not too rough, not a lot of pain, more comfortable than | 94 (30.6) | 49 (32.9) | 35 (32.1) | 9 (19.6) | 1 (33.3) | |
| expected, no great discomfort, not embarrassed | ||||||
| General Satisfaction | 0.72 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 5 (1.6) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Agree satisfied, a benefit to my health, strongly recommend to | 302 (98.4) | 146 (98.0) | 108 (99.1) | 45 (97.8) | 3 (100.0) | |
| my friends, will have another procedure if needed | ||||||
| Intention to screen if symptomatic | 0.51 | |||||
| Don’t agree | 188 (61.2) | 87 (58.4) | 68 (62.4) | 30 (65.2) | 3 (100.0) | |
| Agree will seek screening if have rectal or abdominal pain, bleeding, constipation, straining or unusually shaped stools | 119 (38.8) | 62 (41.6) | 41 (37.6) | 16 (34.8) | 0 (0.0) |
Abbreviations: P p-value
aChi-square and Fisher’s exact tests