Contrasts in rural and urban barriers to colorectal cancer screening
TC Davis, A Rademaker, SC Bailey… - American journal of …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
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Objectives: To contrast barriers to colon cancer (CRC) screening and Fecal Occult Blood
Test (FOBT) completion between rural and urban safety-net patients. Methods: Interviews
were administered to 972 patients who were not up-to-date with screening. Results: Rural
patients were more likely to believe it was helpful to find CRC early (89.7% vs 66.1%, p
Conclusions: Interventions are needed to increase screening recommendation, education
and completion, particularly in rural areas.
Test (FOBT) completion between rural and urban safety-net patients. Methods: Interviews
were administered to 972 patients who were not up-to-date with screening. Results: Rural
patients were more likely to believe it was helpful to find CRC early (89.7% vs 66.1%, p
Conclusions: Interventions are needed to increase screening recommendation, education
and completion, particularly in rural areas.
Objectives: To contrast barriers to colon cancer (CRC) screening and Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) completion between rural and urban safety-net patients. Methods: Interviews were administered to 972 patients who were not up-to-date with screening. Results: Rural patients were more likely to believe it was helpful to find CRC early (89.7% vs 66.1%, p Conclusions: Interventions are needed to increase screening recommendation, education and completion, particularly in rural areas.
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