Title
Colorectal cancer screening participation: comparisons with mammography and prostate-specific antigen screening
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Publication Date
2001-08-14
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Colonoscopy; Colorectal Neoplasms; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; *Health Behavior; Humans; *Life Style; Logistic Models; Male; Mammography; Mass Screening; Massachusetts; Middle Aged; Occult Blood; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Prostate-Specific Antigen; Prostatic Neoplasms; Sigmoidoscopy
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The relation of personal characteristics, health and lifestyle behaviors, and cancer screening practices to current colorectal cancer (CRC) screening was assessed and compared with those factors' relation to current mammography screening in women and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in men.
METHODS: A cross-sectional random-digit-dialed telephone survey of 954 Massachusetts residents aged 50 and older was conducted.
RESULTS: The overall prevalence of current CRC screening was 55.3%. Logistic regression results indicated that family history of CRC (odds ratio [OR] = 1.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02, 3.86), receiving a regular medical checkup (OR = 3.07; 95% CI = 2.00, 4.71), current screening by mammography in women and PSA in men (OR = 4.40; 95% CI = 2.94, 6.58), and vitamin supplement use (OR = 1.87; 95% CI = 1.27, 2.77) were significant predictors of CRC screening.
CONCLUSIONS: Health and lifestyle behaviors were related to increased current CRC, mammography, and PSA screening. Personal factors independently related to CRC screening were not consistent with those related to mammography and PSA screening. This lack of consistency may reflect different stages of adoption of each type of screening by clinicians and the public.
Source
Am J Public Health. 2001 Aug;91(8):1264-72.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
American journal of public health
Related Resources
PubMed ID
11499116
Repository Citation
Lemon SC, Zapka JG, Puleo E, Luckmann RS, Chasan-Taber L. (2001). Colorectal cancer screening participation: comparisons with mammography and prostate-specific antigen screening. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/141