Patient compliance with screening for fecal occult blood in family practice.
Thirty-two family physicians in British Columbia collaborated in a study to evaluate their patients' compliance when offered testing for fecal occult blood (FOB) with Hemoccult II as a screening test for asymptomatic colorectal cancer. Of the 5003 eligible patients 71% complied. Thirteen variables were investigated. Compliance was found to be directly related to age in a linear manner (chi-squared value for trend = 180.4, p less than 0.0001), age alone correctly classifying 58.5% of the patients as complying or not complying. The association with other variables was less strong. Restricting the consumption of red meat during the test period had no effect on compliance.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001955:British Columbia; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011897:Random Allocation; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic