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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in control and intervention treatment groups

From: Does access to a colorectal cancer screening website and/or a nurse-managed telephone help line provided to patients by their family physician increase fecal occult blood test uptake?: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Control group (n = 1,174)

Intervention group (n = 1,221)

Gender

  

 Male (%)

438 (37.3)

468 (38.3)

 Female (%)

736 (62.7)

753 (61.7)

Age in years (total) 1

  

50-54

119/194 (313)

124/209 (333)

55-59

99/164 (263)

123/193 (318)

60-64

109/156 (265)

100/163 (268)

65-69

65/123 (188)

70/100 (172)

≥70

46/89 (135)

51/72 (124)

Socioeconomic Status (SES) 2

  

Rural-1

102 (8.7%)

157 (12.9%)

Urban-1

90 (7.7%)

82 (6.7%)

Urban-2

324 (27.6%)

316 (25.9%)

Urban-3

600 (51.1%)

603 (49.4%)

Unknown

58 (4.9%)

63 (5.2%)

Membership in PIN and/or UPCON

  

PIN

419 (35.7%)

314 (25.7%)

UPCON

482 (41.1%)

159 (13%)

None

274 (23.3%)

747 (61.2%)

Electronic Medical Records

  

No

451 (38.4%)

452 (37.0%)

Yes

724 (61.6%)

768 (63.0%)

  1. 1Males/Females; bracketed values represent totals.
  2. 2Source: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. Based on postal codes. Rural ($22,449 to 148,242); Urban-1 ($14,640 to 42,407); Urban-2 ($42,463 to 68,132); Urban-3 ($68,140 to 406,531). Bracketed values correspond to percentages.