Why do some participants in colorectal cancer screening choose not to undergo colonoscopy following a positive test result? A qualitative study
Why do some participants in colorectal cancer screening choose not to undergo colonoscopy following a positive test result? A qualitative study
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DOI:
10.1080/02813432.2018.1487520
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Brodersen, John
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作者:
Bie, Anne Katrine Lykke;Brodersen, John
Objective: Our aim was to investigate why participants opted out of colonoscopy following a positive screening result for colorectal cancer.Design: Semi-structured, qualitative, single interviews. We audio-recorded and transcribed all interviews verbatim and used Strauss and Corbin's concept of open, axial, and selective coding to identify the main categories shared across all interviews. These formed the basis of our findings.Setting: A Danish national colorectal cancer screening programme.Subjects: Single interviews with 13 participants who declined to have a colonoscopy.Main outcome measures: Reasons to decline colonoscopy after positive screening test.Results: Participants gave 42 different reasons for deciding not to have a colonoscopy and we coded them into nine main categories; Practical barriers, Discomfort of the examination, Personal integrity, Multimorbidity, Feeling healthy, Not having the energy, Belief that cancer is not present, Risk of complications, and Distrust in the accuracy of the iFOBT.Conclusions: Our findings suggest that some practical barriers could be quite easily addressed, by offering the participants alternative management and procdures.