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Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2015 May 7;60(10):2937–2945. doi: 10.1007/s10620-015-3685-x

Table 3.

Survey-measured physician factors associated with guideline-adherent practice and overutilization of surveillance colonoscopy based on univariate analysis

Survey-measured physician factor Guideline-adherent versus guideline-non-
adherent recommendation
Guideline-adherent versus early
recommendation
OR, CI p value OR, CI p value
Guideline knowledge 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 0.003 1.5 (1.1–2.1) 0.02
Trainee status 2.1 (1.1–3.7) 0.02 2.7 (1.3–5.5) 0.005
Belief that guidelines are not appropriately aggressive 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 0.04 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.12
Influenced by guidelines in clinical practice 1.8 (1.2–2.7) 0.005 1.9 (1.2–3.1) 0.01
Fear of missed cancer 0.7 (0.5–1.1) 0.10 0.6 (0.4–1.0) 0.05
Increasing concern about malpractice 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.26 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 0.15
Inaccurate estimation of risk of interval HRA 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 0.41 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 0.77

Factors associated with underutilization were not identified given small number of late recommendations (n = 19)