Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening and recommendation behaviors among physicians in Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Shin, Hye Young; Suh, Mina; Park, Bo young; Jun, Jae Kwan; Choi, Kui Son
- Issue Date
- Dec-2017
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Keywords
- Attitude; Colonoscopy; Colorectal neoplasms; Physician; Screening
- Citation
- BMC Cancer, v.17, pp.1 - 9
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BMC Cancer
- Volume
- 17
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 9
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/150941
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12885-017-3881-5
- ISSN
- 1471-2407
- Abstract
- Background: Physician recommendations for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening have consistently been shown to be a strong predictor of screening. The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions of CRC screening modalities and recommendation behaviors among physicians in Korea.
Methods: A cross-sectional, nationally representative survey conducted between November 2013 and February 2014. In total, 379 physicians (241 primary care physicians and 138 physicians affiliated with the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases responded to this survey (overall response rate of 31.4%).
Results: About 29% of all respondents "always" recommended and about 67% "sometimes" recommended CRC screening. Colonoscopy was perceived as an effective primary screening tool for CRC, and 80% of the physicians recommended colonoscopy for CRC screening. Only 7% recommended FOBT. In multivariate analysis, recommending FOBT was associated with stronger belief in the screening efficacy of FOBT (aOR 3.70, 95% CI 2.09, 6.57), weaker belief in the screening efficacy of colonoscopy (aOR 0.29, 95% CI 0.12, 0.69), and negative decisional balance for colonoscopy screening (aOR 0.82, 95% CI 0.71, 0.95).
Conclusions: Although FOBT is provided free-of-charge through a nationwide CRC screening program, colonoscopy was more commonly recommended and preferred by physicians.
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