ArticleJournal of community health2016
Timeliness of Colonoscopy After Abnormal Fecal Test Results in a Safety Net Practice.
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- Prospective Cohort study of Predictors of Follow-Up Diagnostic Colonoscopy from a Pragmatic Trial of FIT Screening.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Is the patient activation measure associated with adherence to colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test result?Israel journal of health policy research · 2018Trial
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- Community-clinic partnership to address social needs and improve colorectal cancer screening outcomes: The PRIME stepped-wedge study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Enhancing CRC Screening in a Predominantly Hispanic Community: Effectiveness of 1-Day vs. 3-Day Stool-Based Testing Kits.Journal of community health · 2025Observational
- Equitable Implementation of Mailed Stool Test-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening and Patient Navigation in a Safety Net Health System.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Examining the Factors That Affect the Diagnosis of Patients with Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test Results.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mailed fecal testing and patient navigation versus usual care to improve rates of colorectal cancer screening and follow-up colonoscopy in rural Medicaid enrollees: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Implementation science communications · 2022Article
- Decision-making in screening positive participants who follow up with colonoscopy in the Dutch colorectal cancer screening programme: A mixed-method study.Psycho-oncology · 2022Article
- Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices in a Midwest Urban Safety-Net Healthcare System.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2021Article
- Factors affecting the follow-up time after a positive result in the fecal occult blood test.PloS one · 2021Article
- Development of a multivariable prediction model to identify patients unlikely to complete a colonoscopy following an abnormal FIT test in community clinics.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Implementing a multilevel intervention to accelerate colorectal cancer screening and follow-up in federally qualified health centers using a stepped wedge design: a study protocol.Implementation science : IS · 2020Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on colorectal cancer disparities and the way forward.Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2020Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Timely Colonoscopy Completion for Safety Net Clinic Patients.American journal of health behavior · 2020Article
- Mailed fecal immunochemical test outreach for colorectal cancer screening: Summary of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored Summit.CA: a cancer journal for clinicians · 2020Article
- Making FIT Count: Maximizing Appropriate Use of the Fecal Immunochemical Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Patients without colonoscopic follow-up after abnormal fecal immunochemical tests are often unaware of the abnormal result and report several barriers to colonoscopy.BMC gastroenterology · 2020Article
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- Assessing adherence and cost-benefit of colorectal cancer screening for accountable providers.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Fecal testing can only reduce colorectal cancer mortality if patients with an abnormal test result receive a follow-up colonoscopy. As part of the Strategies and Opportunities to STOP Colon Cancer in Priority Populations (STOP CRC) project, we examined factors associated with adherence to follow-up colonoscopy among patients with abnormal fecal test results. As part of STOP CRC outreach, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center staff distributed 1753 fecal immunochemical tests (FIT), of which 677 (39 %) were completed, and 56 had an abnormal result (8 %). Project staff used logistic regression analyses to examine factors associated with colonoscopy referral and completion. Of the 56 patients with abnormal FIT results; 45 (80 %) had evidence of a referral for colonoscopy, 32 (57 %) had evidence of a completed colonoscopy within 18 months, and 14 (25 %) within 60 days of an abnormal fecal test result. In adjusted analysis, Hispanics had lower odds of completing follow-up colonoscopy within 60 days than non-Hispanic whites (adjusted OR 0.20; 95 % CI 0.04, 0.92). Colonoscopy within 60 days trended lower for women than for men (adjusted OR 0.25; 95 % CI 0.06-1.04). Among the 24 patients lacking medical record evidence of a colonoscopy, 19 (79 %) had a documented reason, including clinician did not pursue, patient refused, and colonoscopy not indicated. No reason was found for 21 %. Improvements are needed to increase rates of follow-up colonoscopy completion, especially among female and Hispanic patients.
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