Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes?
Objective: We aimed to understand the usage and acceptability of a faecal collection device (FCD) amongst participants of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in order to influence future uptake. Setting: Men and women completing faecal occult blood test (FOBt) retests as part of the routine B...
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| author | Morling, Joanne R. Barke, A.N. Chapman, C.J. Logan, R.F. |
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| description | Objective: We aimed to understand the usage and acceptability of a faecal collection device (FCD) amongst participants of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in order to influence future uptake.
Setting: Men and women completing faecal occult blood test (FOBt) retests as part of the routine Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in Eastern England.
Methods: A FCD and questionnaire was sent to all potential retest participants during a 1 month period collecting information on prior stool collection methods and ease of use and usefulness of the enclosed FCD.
Results: Of 1087 invitations to participate, 679 (62.5%) participants returned their questionnaire. Of these 429 (63.2%) trialled the FCD at least once. 163 (38.4%) found the device made collecting their sample easier than previously, with 189 (44.6%) finding it made collection more difficult and 72 (17.0%) feeling it made no difference. Similar numbers reported finding that the FCD made collecting the sample more pleasant (130, 31.5%), less pleasant (103, 25.0%) and no different (179, 43.4%) compared to previous collection without a FCD.
Conclusion: Although a small proportion of participants found the FCD helpful a considerable majority did not or did not use it at all. Offering FCDs is unlikely to produce a substantial increase in bowel cancer screening uptake. |
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| spelling | nottingham-489282020-05-04T19:30:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48928/ Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? Morling, Joanne R. Barke, A.N. Chapman, C.J. Logan, R.F. Objective: We aimed to understand the usage and acceptability of a faecal collection device (FCD) amongst participants of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in order to influence future uptake. Setting: Men and women completing faecal occult blood test (FOBt) retests as part of the routine Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in Eastern England. Methods: A FCD and questionnaire was sent to all potential retest participants during a 1 month period collecting information on prior stool collection methods and ease of use and usefulness of the enclosed FCD. Results: Of 1087 invitations to participate, 679 (62.5%) participants returned their questionnaire. Of these 429 (63.2%) trialled the FCD at least once. 163 (38.4%) found the device made collecting their sample easier than previously, with 189 (44.6%) finding it made collection more difficult and 72 (17.0%) feeling it made no difference. Similar numbers reported finding that the FCD made collecting the sample more pleasant (130, 31.5%), less pleasant (103, 25.0%) and no different (179, 43.4%) compared to previous collection without a FCD. Conclusion: Although a small proportion of participants found the FCD helpful a considerable majority did not or did not use it at all. Offering FCDs is unlikely to produce a substantial increase in bowel cancer screening uptake. SAGE 2018-02-05 Article PeerReviewed Morling, Joanne R., Barke, A.N., Chapman, C.J. and Logan, R.F. (2018) Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? Journal of Medical Screening . ISSN 1475-5793 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0969141317753463 doi:10.1177/0969141317753463 doi:10.1177/0969141317753463 |
| spellingShingle | Morling, Joanne R. Barke, A.N. Chapman, C.J. Logan, R.F. Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title | Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title_full | Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title_fullStr | Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title_short | Could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
| title_sort | could stool collection devices help increase uptake to bowel cancer screening programmes? |
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