Acceptance of a Risk Estimation Tool for Colorectal Cancer Screening

dc.contributor.authorLuckhurst, Cherie
dc.contributor.authorImperiale, Tom
dc.contributor.authorMatthias, Marianne S.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-12T18:42:04Z
dc.date.available2016-07-12T18:42:04Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-08
dc.descriptionposter abstracten_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract: While colonoscopy is the most prevalent screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC), it is often too expensive, too uncomfortable, or too time-consuming for patients. Non-compliance is common. Recently, fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) has become a guideline-recommended alternative. The FIT is a non-invasive, inexpensive method that requires no uncomfortable preparation by patients. The decision to recommend the colonoscopy or the FIT is based on the patient’s estimated risk for CRC. Several countries have created risk prediction tools to help identify patients at high risk for advanced colorectal neoplasia (the combination of CRC and advanced, precancerous polyps). A U.S.-based prediction tool was recently published1 that uses five easily and reliably measured factors (age, sex, a first degree relative with CRC, waist circumference, and cigarette smoking history) to quantify risk. We aimed to learn the impressions of clinicians and patients to this risk estimation tool. In the first phase of this study, we used a semi-structured format to interview clinicians at a VA medical center and a non-VA hospital. Using a paper prototype of the risk estimation tool, we asked about its usefulness to estimate risk and to aid their selection of a CRC screening tool. Using a grounded theory approach, we analyzed the interview transcripts and identified major themes. We found that clinicians thought the tool was clear and easy to use. However, they are unlikely to use it as a decision aid until FIT is more widely-endorsed as an acceptable alternative screening test. In phase two of the study, we will interview patients to assess their responses to the tool.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCherie Luckhurst, Tom Imperiale, and Marianne Matthias. 2016, April 8. Acceptance of a Risk Estimation Tool for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Poster session presented at IUPUI Research Day 2016, Indianapolis, Indiana.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/10358
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOffice of the Vice Chancellor for Researchen_US
dc.subjectcolonoscopyen_US
dc.subjectcolorectal cancer (CRC)en_US
dc.subjectfecal immunochemical testing (FIT)en_US
dc.subjectrisk prediction toolsen_US
dc.titleAcceptance of a Risk Estimation Tool for Colorectal Cancer Screeningen_US
dc.typePosteren_US
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