Emotional predictors of bowel screening: the avoidance-promoting role of fear, embarrassment, and disgust

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Table 5 Step-wise logistic regression: Final (Step 2) models showing the multivariate predictors of bowel screening behaviours

	Decision to delay seeking medical help		Ever provided a faecal sample		Invasive bowel screening test in past 5 years
Variable	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p value	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p value
Sex¹	1.22 (0.62–2.39)	.560	1.80 (0.98–3.31)	.059	1.84 (0.85–3.97)	.123
Age	1.00 (0.97–1.04)	.843	1.05 (1.02–1.08)	.002	1.06 (1.02–1.10)	.002
Perceived low colorectal cancer risk²	1.31 (0.68–2.54)	.418	0.51 (0.27–0.96)	.038	0.52 (0.22–1.22)	.133
Perceived high colorectal cancer risk³	1.06 (0.43–2.62)	.906	0.51 (0.23–1.16)	.107	1.76 (0.71–4.36)	.225
Discussed with doctor⁴	0.47 (0.24–0.95)	.035	2.16 (1.21–3.85)	.009	6.79 (3.57–12.94)	.000
Colorectal cancer screening knowledge	1.19 (1.00–1.42)	.046	0.99 (0.85–1.15)	.868	1.14 (0.93–1.38)	.206
EBBS fear of outcome	1.53 (1.10–2.13)	.012	0.89 (0.64–1.24)	.484	0.92 (0.60–1.42)	.718
EBBS embarrassment	1.49 (0.97–2.29)	.070	1.73 (1.10–2.70)	.017	1.60 (0.92–2.77)	.097
EBBS insertion disgust	0.91 (0.57–1.46)	.698	0.66 (0.42–1.04)	.070	0.41 (0.22–0.76)	.004
EBBS faecal disgust	1.47 (0.88–2.45)	.142	0.75 (0.46–1.24)	.265	1.12 (0.58–2.17)	.734

¹ 0 = female (n = 233), 1 = male (n = 72); ² 0 = not perceived low CRC risk (n = 236), 1 = perceived low CRC risk low risk (n = 69); ³ 0 = not perceived high CRC risk (n = 266), 1 = perceived high CRC risk (n = 39); ⁴ 0 = never discussed CRC risk with doctor (n = 207), 1 = had discussed CRC risk with doctor (n = 98)

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