Table 2 Patients referred to the health-care centers and RIGLD center for colorectal cancer screening
Date | Referral to health-care centers | Referral to the RIGLDd center | Patient’s contribution percentage for colonoscopy in case of FIT + (%) in RIGLD | Patient’s contribution percentage for colonoscopy in case of positive alarm signs (%) in RIGLD | Endoscopic findings in the RIGLD center | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total FITsa (n) | FIT + (n) | Alarm signs + (n) | FIT + (n) | Positive alarm signs | Sum (n) | Polyps (n) | CRCe (n) | IBDf (n) | Nl (n) | ||||||||||
FHb + (n) | IDAc (n) | Rectal bleed (n) | Bowel habit change (n) | Abd. pain (n) | Weight loss (n) | Other (n) | Sum (n) | ||||||||||||
2018–2019 | 40599 | 2449 | 2106 | 724 | 382 | 23 | 90 | 53 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 613 | 1373 | 29.563% | 29.107% | 439 | 26 | 31 | 841 |
2020–2021 | 35663 | 2077 | 959 | 103 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 196 | 4.959% | 9.697% | 65 | 5 | 16 | 110 |
Decrease percentage during pandemics (%) | -12.16% | -15.19% | -54.46% | -85.77% | -87% | -96% | -91% | -81% | -52% | -89% | -100% | 84.83% | -85% | -83.23% | -66.68% | -85% | -81% | -48% | -87% |
P-value | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00001 | 0.00003 | 0.00001 | ||||||||||||