SynthesisJournal of behavioral medicine2015
Does colorectal cancer risk perception predict screening behavior? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Impact of provider-patient communication on cancer screening adherence: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
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- Communicating risk to promote colorectal cancer screening: a multi-method study to test tailored versus targeted message strategies.Health education research · 2022Trial
- Investigating predictive factors of participation in colorectal cancer screening based on the Preventive Health Model (PHM) and health literacy.BMC primary care · 2026Article
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- Predicting the Determinants of Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors Using Protection Motivation Theory: A Cross-Sectional Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Perceived Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Oman:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2025Article
- Colorectal Cancer Risk Perceptions Among Black Men in Florida.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Intended and Actual Participation in the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Observational
- Gender Effects on the Impact of Colorectal Cancer Risk Calculators on Screening Intentions: Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment and Precision Approaches to Screening: Brave New World or Worlds Apart?Gastroenterology · 2023Review
- Perspectives on cancer screening participation in a highly urbanized region: a Q-methodology study in The Hague, the Netherlands.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Perceived dementia risk and advance care planning among older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
- Dismissing "Don't Know" Responses to Perceived Risk Survey Items Threatens the Validity of Theoretical and Empirical Behavior-Change Research.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2022Article
- Women's health behaviour change after receiving breast cancer risk estimates with tailored screening and prevention recommendations.BMC cancer · 2022Article
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- Associations between COVID-19 risk perceptions, behavior intentions and worry.Health psychology report · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although health behavior theories postulate that risk perception should motivate colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, this relationship is unclear. This meta-analysis aims to examine the relationship between CRC risk perception and screening behavior, while considering potential moderators and study quality. A search of six databases yielded 58 studies (63 effect sizes) that quantitatively assessed the relationship between CRC risk perception and screening behavior. Most included effect sizes (75 %) reported a positive association between CRC risk perception and screening behavior. A random effects meta-analysis yielded an overall effect size of z = 0.13 (95 % CI 0.10-0.16), which was heterogeneous (I (2) = 99 %, τ(2) = 0.01). Effect sizes from high-quality studies were significantly lower than those from lower quality studies (z = 0.02 vs. 0.16). We found a small, positive relationship between CRC risk perception and reported screening behavior, with important identified heterogeneity across moderators. Future studies should focus on high quality study design.
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