From: Understanding the impact of colorectal cancer education: a randomized trial of health fairs
Knowledge questions (% responding correctly) | With tabling | With colon | ||||
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 | Pre | Post | Follow-up | Pre | Post | Follow-up |
Know Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) is available for CRC | 19.42 | 34.88a | 17.43 | 21.64 | 56.78a | 21.88 |
Know Sigmoidoscopy is available for CRC | 16.55 | 31.01a | 13.76 | 14.93 | 49.15a | 12.5 |
Know Colonoscopy is available for CRC | 21.58 | 38.76a | 21.1 | 26.12 | 54.24a | 27.08 |
Most patients can survive CRC if it is found early and removed | 95.45 | 96.88 | 95.37 | 96.64 | 100 | 97.87 |
Getting older increases the risk of CRC | 69.06 | 69.77 | 68.81 | 69.4 | 84.75a | 78.13 |
A diet lack of fruits and vegetables increases the risk of CRC | 79.86 | 79.84 | 85.32 | 78.36 | 88.98a | 90.63b |
A family history of colorectal cancer increases the risk of CRC | 76.26 | 82.17 | 74.31 | 82.84 | 93.22a | 81.25 |
A diet that is high in fat and low in fiber increases the risk of CRC | 82.73 | 89.15 | 85.32 | 90.3 | 94.87 | 88.42 |
Smoking increases the risk of CRC | 78.42 | 83.72 | 77.06 | 82.84 | 87.29 | 84.38 |
Having type 2 diabetes increases the risk of CRC | 65.22 | 72.09 | 64.22 | 72.39 | 80.51 | 63.54 |
Lack of physical activity increases the risk of CRC | 79.14 | 84.5 | 83.49 | 83.58 | 87.18 | 89.58 |
Being overweight or obese increases the risk of CRC | 83.45 | 87.6 | 87.16 | 87.31 | 90.68 | 88.54 |