Table 3.
Intention to take up screening and the burden/inconvenience and worry associated with each screening test
Screening test | Mean Burden/ inconvenience (mean ± sd)* | Worry (mean ± sd)* | Intention to take up screening | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unlikely n (%) | Likely n (%) | |||
Urine test | 1.2 (± 0.5) | 1.2 (± 0.6) | 60 (5.9) | 961 (94.1) |
Blood test | 1.6 (± 0.7) | 1.4 (± 0.7) | 99 (9.7) | 922 (90.3) |
Ultrasound scan | 1.6 (± 0.8) | 1.3 (± 0.7) | 107 (10.5) | 914 (89.5) |
Low dose CT scan | 1.9 (± 0.9) | 1.7 (± 0.9) | 217 (21.3) | 804 (78.8) |
Low dose CT scan combined with lung screening** | – | – | 49 (4.8) | 962 (94.2) |
*1=none and 5=very great; **10 participants did not answer this question.