Fecal occult blood testing instructions and impact on patient adherence

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bapuji, Sunita B ^a   Lobchuk, Michelle M ^b   McClement, Susan E ^b   Sisler, Jeffrey J ^b,c   Katz, Alan ^b,d   Martens, Patricia ^b,d  

^a WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Compliance; Fecal occult blood test; Guidelines; Qualitative research; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RED MEAT; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FECES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84863426434     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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