Reasons for never and intermittent completion of colorectal cancer screening after receiving multiple rounds of mailed fecal tests

Table 1 Qualitative Study Sample^a – Based on Screening Participation in the First Three Years of the Systems of Support to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Study (SOS)

	Initial non-Screeners^b	Initial one-time screeners^c
	N = 18 (44%)	N = 23 (56%)
Sex
Male	8 (44)	10 (43)
Female	10 (56)	13 (57)
Race
White or any other race besides African-American	14 (78)	15 (65)
African-American	4 (22)	8 (35)
Smoking status
Never/prior smoker/unknown	12 (67)	19 (83)
Current smoker	6 (33)	4 (17)
Completed CRC screening after year 3 of the study
No	13 (72)^d	5 (21)^e
Yes	5 (28)^f	18 (79)^g

^aAll participants were enrolled in the SOS study and received at least two rounds of mailed FIT tests
^bNon screeners were defined as those who completed no CRC test in the first three years of the study
^cIntermittent screeners were defined as those who completed 1 fecal test in the first three years of the study
^dInitial non-screeners who did no CRC tests in the first three years and no tests after are called Never screeners
^eInitial one-time screeners who did one CRC test in the first three years but no subsequent tests are called Stopped screeners
^fInitial non-screeners who did no CRC tests in the first three years and 1 CRC test after year 3 are called Converting screeners
^gInitial one-time screeners who did one CRC test in the first three years and repeated tests after are called Repeating screeners

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