Professor JOANNE MORLING JOANNE.MORLING@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes?
Morling, Joanne R.; Barke, A.N.; Chapman, C.J.; Logan, R.F.
Authors
A.N. Barke
C.J. Chapman
R.F. Logan
Abstract
Objective: We aimed to understand the usage and acceptability of a faecal collection device (FCD) amongst participants of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in order to influence future uptake.
Setting: Men and women completing faecal occult blood test (FOBt) retests as part of the routine Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in Eastern England.
Methods: A FCD and questionnaire was sent to all potential retest participants during a 1 month period collecting information on prior stool collection methods and ease of use and usefulness of the enclosed FCD.
Results: Of 1087 invitations to participate, 679 (62.5%) participants returned their questionnaire. Of these 429 (63.2%) trialled the FCD at least once. 163 (38.4%) found the device made collecting their sample easier than previously, with 189 (44.6%) finding it made collection more difficult and 72 (17.0%) feeling it made no difference. Similar numbers reported finding that the FCD made collecting the sample more pleasant (130, 31.5%), less pleasant (103, 25.0%) and no different (179, 43.4%) compared to previous collection without a FCD.
Conclusion: Although a small proportion of participants found the FCD helpful a considerable majority did not or did not use it at all. Offering FCDs is unlikely to produce a substantial increase in bowel cancer screening uptake.
Citation
Morling, J. R., Barke, A., Chapman, C., & Logan, R. (2018). Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes?. Journal of Medical Screening, 25(4), 174-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141317753463
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 21, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 5, 2018 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jan 4, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 5, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Medical Screening |
Print ISSN | 0969-1413 |
Electronic ISSN | 1475-5793 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 174-177 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141317753463 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/910146 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0969141317753463 |
Contract Date | Jan 4, 2018 |
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