Barriers for Participation in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program: a Qualitative Study
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Barriers for Participation in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program : a Qualitative Study. / Phillipsen, Sofie; Weltz, Louise Kongsmark; Dressler, Jannie; Nielsen, Marie Konge; Rasmussen, Morten; Jorgensen, Lars Nannestad; Johnsen, Anna Thit.
I: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Bind 54, 2023, s. 873-881.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Barriers for Participation in the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
T2 - a Qualitative Study
AU - Phillipsen, Sofie
AU - Weltz, Louise Kongsmark
AU - Dressler, Jannie
AU - Nielsen, Marie Konge
AU - Rasmussen, Morten
AU - Jorgensen, Lars Nannestad
AU - Johnsen, Anna Thit
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Purpose: The participation rate in the Danish National Screening Program for Colorectal Cancer is around 60%. Since early detection of cancer through the colorectal cancer screening program (CRCS) reduces mortality rates, it is important to understand why people do not participate. The aim of this study was therefore to examine in depth why some people do not participate in the Danish CRCS program. Methods: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 people who had not participated in the national CRCS program. Data was analyzed using an inductive hermeneutic approach. Results: The analysis uncovered three main themes describing barriers to screening: (a) the accountability for ensuring personal health covered the following sub-themes: (i) when invitation is out of sight it is out of mind, (ii) aversion against own stool sample collection, and (iii) the perceived risk of getting colorectal cancer (CRC); (b) attitudes towards the healthcare system and its organization covered the following sub-themes: (i) positivity towards CRCS, (ii) trust in the healthcare system, (iii) lack of internal communication in the healthcare system, and (iv) wish for involvement of the general practitioner (GP); (c) knowledge about disease and screening covered the following sub-themes: (i) knowledge about CRC and CRCS, (ii) wish for information via new channels, and (iii) CRC is rarely something you talk about. Conclusion: Among the informants included in this study, lack of participation in the CRCS program was not due to an active opt-out, as most informants had intentions of participating. The informants thought it would motivate them to participate if their GP would remind them of the screening program.
AB - Purpose: The participation rate in the Danish National Screening Program for Colorectal Cancer is around 60%. Since early detection of cancer through the colorectal cancer screening program (CRCS) reduces mortality rates, it is important to understand why people do not participate. The aim of this study was therefore to examine in depth why some people do not participate in the Danish CRCS program. Methods: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 people who had not participated in the national CRCS program. Data was analyzed using an inductive hermeneutic approach. Results: The analysis uncovered three main themes describing barriers to screening: (a) the accountability for ensuring personal health covered the following sub-themes: (i) when invitation is out of sight it is out of mind, (ii) aversion against own stool sample collection, and (iii) the perceived risk of getting colorectal cancer (CRC); (b) attitudes towards the healthcare system and its organization covered the following sub-themes: (i) positivity towards CRCS, (ii) trust in the healthcare system, (iii) lack of internal communication in the healthcare system, and (iv) wish for involvement of the general practitioner (GP); (c) knowledge about disease and screening covered the following sub-themes: (i) knowledge about CRC and CRCS, (ii) wish for information via new channels, and (iii) CRC is rarely something you talk about. Conclusion: Among the informants included in this study, lack of participation in the CRCS program was not due to an active opt-out, as most informants had intentions of participating. The informants thought it would motivate them to participate if their GP would remind them of the screening program.
KW - Barriers
KW - Colorectal cancer
KW - Qualitative study
KW - Screening
U2 - 10.1007/s12029-022-00876-2
DO - 10.1007/s12029-022-00876-2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36301437
AN - SCOPUS:85140822051
VL - 54
SP - 873
EP - 881
JO - Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
JF - Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
SN - 1941-6628
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ID: 329208310