Association between Patient Characteristics and Colorectal Cancer Screening Up-to-Datedness.*
| Characteristic | Number of Patients Up to Date (n = 618)† | Number of Patients Not Up to Date (n = 341)† | P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 391 (63.3%) | 201 (58.9%) | .19 |
| Age | 61.7 (5.7) | 60.8 (5.8) | .02 |
| Race | ‡.15 | ||
| Asian | 7 (1.1%) | 5 (1.5%) | |
| Black | 205 (33.4%) | 89 (26.6%) | |
| White | 397 (64.8%) | 239 (71.3%) | |
| Other | 4 (0.7%) | 2 (0.6%) | |
| Hispanic | 12 (2.0%) | 10 (3.0%) | .32 |
| Insurance | .22 | ||
| Commercial | 229 (37.1%) | 127 (37.2%) | |
| Medicaid | 73 (11.8%) | 52 (15.3%) | |
| Medicare | 257 (41.6%) | 123 (36.1%) | |
| Uninsured | 59 (9.5%) | 39 (11.4%) | |
| Occupational status | .50 | ||
| Employed | 241 (39.6%) | 140 (41.4%) | |
| Unemployed | 33 (5.4%) | 18 (5.3%) | |
| Homemaker | 12 (2.0%) | 7 (2.1%) | |
| Student | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Retired | 214 (35.1%) | 99 (29.3%) | |
| Disabled | 108 (17.7%) | 73 (21.6%) | |
| Marital status | .62 | ||
| Married | 316 (51.9%) | 164 (48.8%) | |
| Living as married | 20 (3.3%) | 10 (3.0%) | |
| Divorced | 134 (22.0%) | 77 (22.9%) | |
| Widowed | 46 (7.5%) | 31 (9.2%) | |
| Separated | 19 (3.1%) | 6 (1.8%) | |
| Single, never been married | 74 (12.2%) | 48 (14.3%) | |
| Education | .86 | ||
| Less than 8th grade | 22 (3.6%) | 13 (3.9%) | |
| Completed some high school | 43 (7.1%) | 23 (6.9%) | |
| High school graduate/GED§ | 143 (23.5%) | 87 (26.2%) | |
| Some college | 166 (27.3%) | 92 (27.7%) | |
| College degree or higher | 234 (38.5%) | 117 (35.2%) | |
| Quality of life | .71 | ||
| Excellent | 41 (6.7%) | 18 (5.4%) | |
| Very good | 180 (29.3%) | 99 (29.5%) | |
| Good | 250 (40.7%) | 138 (41.1%) | |
| Fair | 122 (19.9%) | 64 (19.0%) | |
| Poor | 21 (3.4%) | 17 (5.0%) | |
| Duration of patient-clinician relationship | .02 | ||
| Less than 6 months | 41 (6.7%) | 36 (10.6%) | |
| 6 months to a year | 43 (7.0%) | 31 (9.1%) | |
| 1 to 3 years | 132 (21.4%) | 84 (24.6%) | |
| 3 to 5 years | 110 (17.9%) | 66 (19.3%) | |
| 5 or more years | 289 (47.0%) | 124 (36.4%) |
↵* 959 patients eligible for cancer screening from 20 community health centers completed the survey.
↵† Percentages report the characteristics of those who are (or are not) up to date for each category.
↵‡ Indicates Fisher's exact test used in place of χ2 test.
↵§ GED, General Educational Development.
Bolded p values are statistically significant.