Sociodemographic and medical factors of completers versus noncompleters of screening colonoscopy
| Completers | Noncompleters | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 350 | N (%)a | N (%)a | N (%)b | Pc |
| Sociodemographic factors | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 175 (73.5) | 63 (26.5) | 238 (68.0) | 0.165 |
| Male | 90 (80.4) | 22 (19.6) | 112 (32.0) | |
| Age, y | ||||
| 49—64 | 199 (74.0) | 70 (26.0) | 269 (76.9) | 0.167 |
| 65+ | 66 (81.5) | 15 (18.5) | 81 (23.1) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 49 (80.3) | 12 (19.7) | 61 (17.5) | 0.348 |
| Not married | 215 (74.7) | 73 (25.3) | 288 (82.5) | |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 98 (83.1) | 20 (16.9) | 118 (33.7) | 0.022 |
| Unemployed | 167 (72.0) | 65 (28.0) | 232 (66.3) | |
| Education level | ||||
| ≥Grade 13 | 95 (77.9) | 27 (22.1) | 122 (35.0) | 0.478 |
| ≤Grade 12 | 169 (74.4) | 58 (25.6) | 227 (65.0) | |
| Income | ||||
| ≤10,000 | 90 (68.2) | 42 (31.8) | 132 (42.3) | 0.017 |
| >10,000 | 144 (80.0) | 36 (20.0) | 180 (57.7) | |
| Insurance status | ||||
| Medicare/Medicaid | 191 (72.6) | 72 (27.4) | 263 (75.1) | 0.019 |
| Private/self pay | 74 (85.1) | 13 (14.9) | 87 (24.9) | |
| Insurance status | ||||
| Medicare | 76 (78.4) | 21 (21.6) | 97 (27.7) | 0.037 |
| Medicaid | 115 (69.3) | 51 (30.7) | 166 (47.4) | |
| Private | 71 (85.5) | 12 (14.5) | 83 (23.7) | |
| Self pay | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (1.1) | |
| Study arm | ||||
| Peer | 134 (74.0) | 47 (26.0) | 181 (51.7) | 0.648 |
| Pro | 94 (76.4) | 29 (23.6) | 123 (35.1) | |
| Std | 37 (80.4) | 9 (19.6) | 46 (13.1) | |
| Medical factors | ||||
| Regular doctor | ||||
| Yes | 244 (76.0) | 77 (24.0) | 321 (91.7) | 0.665 |
| No | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | 29 (8.3) | |
| Since when regular doctor | ||||
| Before 2008 | 88 (75.2) | 29 (24.8) | 117 (40.5) | 0.765 |
| 2008+ | 132 (76.7) | 40 (23.3) | 172 (59.5) | |
| First year at clinic | ||||
| Before 2001 | 68 (73.9) | 24 (26.1) | 92 (32.1) | 0.788 |
| 2001+ | 147 (75.4) | 48 (24.6) | 195 (67.9) | |
| Number of doctor visits | ||||
| 0 | 14 (93.3) | 1 (6.7) | 15 (4.3) | 0.104 |
| 1+ | 251 (74.9) | 84 (25.1) | 335 (95.7) | |
| Put off medical problem | ||||
| No/not sure | 206 (79.5) | 53 (20.5) | 259 (74.0) | 0.005 |
| Yes | 59 (64.8) | 32 (35.2) | 91 (26.0) | |
| Did not follow doctor's advice | ||||
| Yes | 58 (67.4) | 28 (32.6) | 86 (24.6) | 0.039 |
| No or not sure | 207 (78.4) | 57 (21.6) | 264 (75.4) | |
| Trust doctor | ||||
| Agree | 252 (76.8) | 76 (23.2) | 328 (95.3) | 0.189 |
| Disagree/not sure | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | 16 (4.7) | |
| Doctor satisfaction | ||||
| Satisfied | 248 (76.1) | 78 (23.9) | 326 (95.3) | 0.922 |
| Dissatisfied/neither | 12 (75.0) | 4 (25.0) | 16 (4.7) | |