title: Associations of perceived risk and cancer worry for colorectal cancer with screening behaviour.
abstract: We investigated the associations of perceived risk and cancer worry with colorectal cancer screening by the faecal occult blood test, colonoscopy or both. This study was based on the 2013 Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, including 2154 randomly selected, cancer-free and over 50-year-old adults. Individuals with higher cancer worry were 1.53 times more likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening, influenced by emotional reaction; individuals with greater perceived risk were 1.61 times more, affected by subjective awareness. However, cancer worry was only associated with the faecal occult blood test. Better understanding of cancer worry and perceived risk on screening behaviours may help to increase colorectal cancer screening rates.
authors.affiliation: 1 Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eunji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: 2 National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoon Young
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 2 National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.affiliation: 1 Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Boyoung
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 2 National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Kwan
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: 2 National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeol
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1 Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kui Son
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000523:psychology*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009780:Occult Blood; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: cancer worry; colorectal cancer; oncology; perceived risk; screening