Table 3 Colorectal cancer awareness pre- and post-campaign (n = 730) and between BCAC-CRC recognisers and non-recognisers
Survey question | Pre n (%) | Post n (%) | P(McNemar) | Knowledge improvement in BCAC recognisers n (%)a | Knowledge improvement in BCAC non-recognisers n (%)b | P (Chi -Square) |
Signs and symptoms (unprompted) | ||||||
Blood in stool | 33 (4.5) | 142 (19.5) | < 0.001 | 83/460 (18.0) | 38/237 (16.0) | 0.577 |
Persistent abdominal pain | 165 (22.6) | 186 (25.5) | 0.150 | 84/359 (23.4) | 23/206 (11.2) | 0.001 |
Change in bowel habits for several weeks | 69 (9.5) | 88 (12.1) | 0.102 | 55/432 (12.7) | 15/229 (6.6) | 0.020 |
Feeling that bowel does not empty after using lavatory | 30 (4.1) | 48 (6.6) | 0.034 | 30/461 (6.5) | 11/239 (4.6) | 0.396 |
Pain in back passage | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.8) | 0.125 | 4/483 (0.8) | 2/246 (0.8) | 0.999 |
Bleeding from back passage | 26 (3.6) | 14 (1.9) | 0.074 | 13/465 (2.8) | 0/239 (0.0) | 0.006 |
Tiredness/ anaemia | 16 (2.2) | 25 (3.4) | 0.176 | 17/474 (3.6) | 5/240 (2.1) | 0.385 |
Unexplained weight loss | 10 (1.4) | 33 (4.5) | 0.001 | 26/476 (5.5) | 6/244 (2.5) | 0.097 |
Lump in your abdomen | 3 (0.4) | 9 (1.2) | 0.146 | 6/481 (1.2) | 3/246 (1.2) | 0.999 |
Signs and symptoms (prompted) | ||||||
Blood in stool | 394 (54.0) | 492 (67.4) | < 0.001 | 123/208 (59.1) | 55/128 (43.0) | 0.006 |
Persistent abdominal pain | 372 (51.0) | 441 (60.4) | < 0.001 | 117/212 (55.2) | 49/146 (33.6) | < 0.001 |
Change in bowel habits for several weeks | 335 (45.9) | 403 (55.2) | < 0.001 | 128/253 (50.6) | 43/142 (30.3) | < 0.001 |
Feeling that bowel does not empty after using lavatory | 330 (45.2) | 396 (54.2) | < 0.001 | 124/248 (50.0) | 50/152 (32.9) | 0.001 |
Pain in back passage | 256 (35.1) | 384 (52.6) | < 0.001 | 161/302 (53.3) | 53/172 (30.8) | < 0.001 |
Bleeding from back passage | 339 (46.4) | 446 (61.1) | < 0.001 | 141/255 (55.3) | 51/136 (29.7) | 0.001 |
Tiredness/ anaemia | 283 (38.8) | 379 (51.9) | < 0.001 | 137/275 (49.8) | 54/172 (31.4) | < 0.001 |
Unexplained weight loss | 378 (51.8) | 415 (56.8) | 0.031 | 109/220 (49.5) | 48/132 (36.4) | 0.022 |
Lump in your abdomen | 358 (49.0) | 410 (56.2) | 0.003 | 116/221 (52.5) | 57/151 (37.7) | 0.007 |
Attitudes | Pre n (%) | Post n (%) | P (Mc Nemar) | Attitude improvement in BCAC recognisers n (%) | Attitude improvement in BCAC non-recognisers n (%) | P (Chi-square) |
How confident are you that you would notice a CRC sign or symptom? (Those ‘very confident’ or ‘fairly confident’) | 223 (33.2) | 290 (39.7) | < 0.001 | 145/309 (46.9) | 53/152 (34.9) | 0.018 |
How soon would you go and see a doctor if you noticed a CRC sign/symptom? (Those who replied < 2 weeks.) | 665 (91.1) | 678 (92.9) | 0.608 | 34/38 (89.5) | 20/22 (90.9) | 0.999 |