Reasons for noncompliance with five-yearly screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

Reasons for noncompliance with five-yearly screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

OBJECTIVE To determine factors influencing the low return rate observed in a program of flexible sigmoidoscopy for average risk screening for colorectal carcinoma. METHODS Flexible sigmoidoscopy-based screening of average risk 55-64 yr olds has been ongoing since 1995. Greater than 3400 primary and 1000 follow up screening examinations have been performed. Participants with a primary screen i...

Patient satisfaction with screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.

BACKGROUND Screening flexible sigmoidoscopy is an underused cancer prevention procedure. Physicians often cite patient discomfort as a reason for not requesting sigmoidoscopy, but patient experiences and attitudes toward sigmoidoscopy have not been well studied. OBJECTIVE To measure patient satisfaction and the determinants of satisfaction with screening sigmoidoscopy. METHODS An instrument...

Mammography screening: addressing myths and other reasons for noncompliance.

In the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Georgia Region, a program of extensive mailings, call center contacts, and other avenues of patient education has been designed to increase the number of women having mammograms and to decrease the mortality rate from breast cancer. Citing statistics from various studies nationwide and in the Atlanta area, the authors outline some reasons for patient resistance to ...

Costs and value of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening: is once enough?

www.thelancet.com Published online February 21, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30542-1 1 Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the third most common incident cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death, with 1·4 million new cases and 700 000 deaths estimated in 2012—most of these from the developed world. Over the past three decades, several methods to screen for colorectal canc...