Table 3
Respondents’ choice of personal CRC screening modality, by responses to CRC screening–related questions
| QUESTIONS | SCREENING PREFERENCE OF RESPONDENTS | NO. OF RESPONSES* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOBT N (%) | COLONOSCOPY N (%) | OTHER N (%) | ||||
| What would your patients most want for their own screening? | 444 | 150.5 | < .001 | |||
| • FOBT every 2 y | 157 (55.3) | 106 (37.3) | 21 (7.4) | |||
| • Colonoscopy every 10 y | 17 (13.2) | 108 (83.7) | 4 (3.1) | |||
| • Other | 5 (16.1) | 10 (32.3) | 16 (51.6) | |||
| What is the wait time for colonoscopy in your community? | 450 | 4.312 | .37 | |||
| • 0–6 mo | 129 (42.0) | 146 (47.6) | 32 (10.4) | |||
| • 6–12 mo | 37 (35.2) | 61 (58.1) | 7 (6.7) | |||
| • > 12 mo | 13 (34.2) | 21 (55.3) | 4 (10.5) | |||
| What is the sensitivity of a single FOBT kit? | 452 | 14.75 | .005 | |||
| • < 40% | 48 (34.0) | 78 (55.3) | 15 (10.6) | |||
| • 40%–59% | 48 (31.8) | 89 (58.9) | 14 (9.3) | |||
| • ≥ 60% | 81 (50.6) | 64 (40.0) | 15 (9.4) | |||
| Which screening modality will have the greatest effect on the reduction of CRC-related mortality in Ontario? | 388 | 113.3 | < .001 | |||
| • FOBT every 2 y | 60 (65.9) | 26 (28.6) | 5 (5.5) | |||
| • Colonoscopy every 10 y | 59 (24.6) | 169 (70.4) | 12 (5.0) | |||
| • Other | 26 (45.6) | 11 (19.3) | 20 (35.1) | |||
| What is the most cost-effective method of CRC screening in Ontario? | 389 | 87.12 | < .001 | |||
| • FOBT every 2 y | 145 (48.5) | 134 (44.8) | 20 (6.7) | |||
| • Colonoscopy every 10 y | 5 (8.3) | 53 (88.3) | 2 (3.3) | |||
| • Other | 5 (16.7) | 12 (40.0) | 13 (43.3) | |||
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CRC—colorectal cancer, FOBT—fecal occult blood testing.
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↵* A total of 465 surveys were received. Any deviation from this number in the total responses represents missing data (eg, abstain, unclear responses); percentages do not add to 100% owing to rounding.