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Patient-Reported Barriers to Completing a Diagnostic Colonoscopy Following Abnormal Fecal Immunochemical Test Among Uninsured PatientsKatelyn K Jetelina et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Sep.
. 2019 Sep;34(9):1730-1736. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05117-0. Epub 2019 Jun 21. AffiliationsItem in Clipboard
AbstractBackground: For colorectal cancer (CRC) screening to improve survival, patients with an abnormal fecal immunochemical test (FIT) must follow-up with a diagnostic colonoscopy. Adherence to follow-up is low and patient-level barriers for suboptimal adherence have yet to be explored.
Objective: To characterize barriers for non-completion of diagnostic colonoscopy after an abnormal FIT reported by under- and uninsured patients receiving care in a safety-net health system.
Design: A longitudinal, cohort study of CRC screening outreach to 8565 patients using mailed FIT kits. Patients with abnormal FIT results received telephonic navigation to arrange for a no-cost diagnostic colonoscopy.
Patients: Adults aged 50-64 years receiving care at a North Texas safety-net health system.
Approach: Descriptive analyses characterized the patient sample and reasons for lack of follow-up after abnormal FIT over the 3-year outreach program. Thematic qualitative analyses characterized reasons for lack of follow-up with a colonoscopy after the abnormal FIT.
Key results: Of 689 patients with an abnormal FIT, 45% (n = 314) did not complete a follow-up colonoscopy. Among the 314 non-completers, 184 patients reported reasons for not completing a follow-up colonoscopy included health insurance-related challenges (38%), comorbid conditions (37%), social barriers such as transportation difficulties and lack of social support (29%), concerns about FIT/colonoscopy process (12%), competing life priorities (12%), adverse effects of bowel preparation (3%), and poor health literacy (3%). Among the 314 non-completers, 131 patients did not report a barrier, as 51% reported that that had completed a previous colonoscopy in the past 10 years, 10% refused with no reason, and 10% were never reached by phone.
Conclusions: Future studies aimed at improving FIT screening and subsequent colonoscopy rates need to address the unique needs of patients for effective and sustainable screening programs.
Trial registration: NCT01946282.
Keywords: colorectal cancer; diagnostic colonoscopy; fecal immunochemical test; safety-net; screening.
Conflict of interest statementThe authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.
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Figure 2Non-mutually exclusive patient-reported barriers to failure for diagnostic colonoscopy following abnormal FIT ( n = 184).
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