Knowledge and attitudes of primary health care physicians and nurses with regard to population screening for colorectal cancer in Balearic Islands and Barcelona

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with being reluctant to support a population screening programme based on testing for occult blood in stools and colonoscopy*

Variable	Categories	p	OR	95% CI
Population screening programmes target asymptomatic subjects of specific age groups	I agree	0.041	1
	I don't know	0.043	2.11	1.02-4.35
	I disagree	0.092	1.69	0.91-3.12
Test for occult blood in stools (FOBT) has poor sensitivity	No	0.008	1
	I don't know	0.018	1.88	1.11-3.17
	Yes	0.004	1.71	1.18-2.48
Test for occult blood in stools (FOBT) has poor specificity	No	0.022	1
	I don't know	0.467	0.80	0.45-1.44
	Yes	0.055	1.48	0.99-2.21
For users, performing the FOBT is...	Easy	0.002	1
	Neither easy nor hard	0.009	1.62	1.12-2.32
	I don't know	0.008	3.26	1.36-7.84
	Complicated	0.002	2.06	1.29-3.28
How would people react to a population screening programme for colorectal cancer?	Almost everyone would participate	0.000	1
	About 50% would participate	0.000	2.58	1.61-4.15
	A minority would participate	0.000	5.64	3.27-9.74
	I don't know	0.000	4.61	2.73-7.78
What barriers to client participation would we encounter?
• Perceiving no benefit	I disagree	0.001	1
	I don't know	0.002	1.99	1.28-3.07
	I agree	0.011	1.71	1.13-2.58
What would make you reluctant to enourage clients to participate?
• Clients are fed up with screening programmes	I disagree	0.000	1
	I don't know	0.555	1.17	0.69-1.99
	I agree	0.000	2.25	1.59-3.17
• Colonoscopy is an invasive procedure	I disagree	0.051	1
	I don't know	0.781	1.13	0.47-2.71
	I agree	0.017	1.53	1.08-2.18
¿What do you think professionals should be offered to ensure their support to the screening program?
• Nothing, since it is part of their work	I agree	0.113	1
	I don't know	0.041	1.56	1.01-2.41
	I disagree	0.344	1.30	0.75-2.25

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