Barriers to bowel scope (flexible sigmoidoscopy) screening: a comparison of non-responders, active decliners and non-attenders

Table 3 Descriptive statistics of the three non-participant groups (column percentages)^a

	NRs (N = 110)		ADs (N = 99)		NAs (N = 34)		p-value^*
	N	(%)	N	(%)	N	(%)	p-value^*
Age
55 years	28	(25.45)	19	(19.19)	6	(17.65)	0.666
56 years	61	(55.45)	64	(64.65)	21	(61.76)
57 years	21	(19.10)	16	(16.16)	7	(20.59)
Gender
Male	57	(51.82)	34	(34.34)	12	(35.29)	0.026
Female	53	(48.18)	65	(65.66)	22	(64.71)	0.026
Ethnicity
Other	10	(9.17)	11	(11.22)	6	(17.65)	0.393
White	99	(90.83)	87	(88.78)	28	(82.35)	0.393
Living arrangement
Married or living with partner	76	(69.72)	78	(78.79)	25	(73.53)	0.330
Single, divorced or widowed	33	(30.28)	21	(21.21)	9	(26.47)	0.330
Markers of socioeconomic deprivation
0 markers	62	(56.88)	82	(83.67)	26	(76.47)	0.001^a
1 marker	26	(23.85)	11	(11.22)	5	(14.71)
2–3 markers	21	(19.27)	5	(5.10)	3	(8.82)
Paid employment
No	26	(23.85)	22	(22.45)	13	(38.24)	0.169
Yes	83	(76.15)	76	(77.55)	21	(61.76)	0.169
Self-rated health
Excellent, good	81	(74.31)	71	(71.72)	27	(79.41)	0.674
Fair, poor	28	(25.69)	28	(28.28)	7	(20.59)	0.674
Initial interest in Bowel Scope
Very, moderately	39	(35.78)	53	(53.54)	31	(93.94)	< 0.001^a
Slightly, not at all	70	(64.22)	46	(46.46)	2	(6.06)	< 0.001^a
Extent to which book was read
None, some or most	45	(59.21)	28	(35.90)	5	(22.73)	0.001
All of it	31	(40.79)	50	(64.10)	17	(77.27)	0.001

NRs Non Responders, ADs Active Decliners, NAs Non-Attenders
^aOnly eligible sample who did not attend the screening (i.e. aged between 55 and 57 years)
^*The p-values are derived from Chi-square tests of Independence, except for ‘markers of socioeconomic deprivation’ and ‘initial interest in bowel scope’ which were both assessed with Fisher’s exact test^a

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