Correlates of initiating colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 50

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Correlates of initiating colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 50
المؤلفون: Matthew Lee Smith, Marcia G. Ory, Angie K. Hochhalter, SangNam Ahn, Karon L. Phillips
المصدر: Journal of community health. 38(1)
سنة النشر: 2012
مصطلحات موضوعية: Gerontology, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Health (social science), Colorectal cancer, Logistic regression, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Sex Factors, Age groups, Health care, medicine, Humans, Early Detection of Cancer, School education, Aged, business.industry, Racial Groups, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, United States, Healthcare utilization, Colorectal cancer screening, Family medicine, Income, Educational Status, Patient Compliance, Female, business, Colorectal Neoplasms, Attitude to Health
الوصف: This study examined (a) differences in rates of initiating colorectal cancer screening across age groups, and (b) factors associated with initiation of colorectal cancer screening among persons age 50–75. Data from 1,699 adults age 50–75 were analyzed from a random sample of households in an eight-county region surrounding the Brazos Valley in Texas. Bivariate descriptive analyses were performed. Logistic regression was employed to assess relationships between demographic, health status, and healthcare utilization variables and having initiated colorectal cancer examination. Having more than a high school education (OR = 1.48, p = 0.002), having insurance (OR = 1.76, p = 0.007), being obese (OR = 1.58, p = 0.015), and having a routine health check-up within the past 2 years (OR = 3.39, p
تدمد: 1573-3610
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::66c2b11117a413b58c68e1e690c14b15
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22692444
حقوق: CLOSED
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....66c2b11117a413b58c68e1e690c14b15
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE