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Table 6 Most frequent combinations of reasons for not participating across the three non-participant groups (N = 120)

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

 

Total

(N = 120)

NRs

(N = 66)

ADs

(N = 43)

NAs

(N = 11)

p-value*

Rank

N

%

Rank

N

%

Rank

N

%

Rank

N

%

Pain + embarrassing

1st

40

(33.33)

1st

26

(39.39)

1st

12

(27.91)

5th

2

(18.18)

0.295

Embarrassing + enema

2nd

28

(23.33)

2nd

17

(25.76)

2nd

9

(20.93)

5th

2

(18.18)

0.807

Pain + harm

3rd

24

(20.00)

4th

12

(18.18)

2nd

9

(20.93)

2nd

3

(27.27)

0.704

Pain + enema

4th

23

(19.17)

3rd

13

(19.70)

4th

7

(16.28)

2nd

3

(27.27)

0.653

Embarrassing + harm

5th

18

(15.00)

6th

10

(15.15)

4th

7

(16.28)

2nd

3

(27.27)

0.575

Embarrassing + not needed

6th

17

(14.17)

5th

11

(16.67)

7th

5

(11.63)

0

(0.00)

0.400

Medical reasons + other test

12th

11

(9.17)

32nd

2

(3.03)

7th

5

(11.63)

1st

4

(36.36)

0.003

  1. NRs Non Responders, ADs Active Decliners, NAs Non-Attenders
  2. *The p-values are derived from Fisher’s exact test