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Table 1 Characteristics for the 28 participants

From: Psychological distance: a qualitative study of screening barriers among first-degree relatives of colorectal cancer patients

Characteristic

No. (%)

Age, Mean (SD), y

48.5 (9.0)

Sex

 Female

11 (39%)

 Male

17 (61%)

Educational Level

 Did not complete high school

10 (36%)

  < 4 y college

11 (39%)

 College graduate or postgraduate degrees

7 (25%)

Had a colonoscopy in last 5 years

 No

21 (75%)

 Yes

7 (25%)

Relation with colorectal cancer patients

 Children

20 (71%)

 Sibling

6 (21%)

 Parent

2 (7%)