- Title
- Prevalence of appropriate colorectal cancer screening and preferences for receiving screening advice among people attending outpatient clinics
- Creator
- Dodd, Natalie; Mansfield, Elise; Carey, Mariko; Oldmeadow, Christopher
- Relation
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Vol. 42, Issue 4, p. 334-339
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12776
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Objective: To examine among people attending outpatient clinics aged 50–74 at average risk of colorectal cancer (CRC): 1) The proportion who report: a) faecal occult blood test (FOBT) within the past two years; and b) colonoscopy within the past five years, including the reasons for undergoing colonoscopy; 2) characteristics associated with under‐screening; 3) For those who are under‐screened, the proportion who are: a) willing to receive help and the acceptability of different methods of receiving help, and; b) unwilling to receive help and reasons for this. Methods: Cross‐sectional survey of 197 participants attending a major regional hospital in New South Wales, Australia. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine correlates of under‐screening. Results: A total of 59% reported either FOBT in the past two years or colonoscopy in the past five years. Of those reporting colonoscopy in the past five years, 21% were potentially over‐screened. Males were more likely than females to be under‐screened. Of those under‐screened (41%), fewer than half were willing to receive screening advice. Conclusions and implications for public health: A significant proportion of people attending outpatient clinics are under‐screened for CRC, with some people also over‐screened. There is a need to explore strategies to overcome both under‐ and over‐screening.
- Subject
- colorectal cancer; early detection of cancer; outpatient
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1391032
- Identifier
- uon:33155
- Identifier
- ISSN:1326-0200
- Rights
- © 2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
- Language
- eng
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