Changes in uptake of stool-based colorectal cancer screening during the Covid-19 pandemic
- 13.06.2023
- Original Paper
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Eric A. Miller
- Paul F. Pinsky
- Erschienen in
- Cancer Causes & Control | Ausgabe 10/2023
Abstract
Purpose
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is underutilized and endoscopic colon screening includes a number of barriers that were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. At-home stool-based screening (SBS) increased during the pandemic and potentially reached eligible adults hesitant to be screened by endoscopy. The purpose of this analysis was to examine the change in uptake of SBS during the pandemic among adults not screened within guidelines by endoscopy.
Methods
We used data from the 2019 and 2021 National Health Interview Surveys to estimate uptake of SBS among adults aged 50–75 years, without a previous diagnosis of CRC and without guideline-concordant endoscopic screening. We also examined provider recommendations for screening tests. To examine if changes in uptake differed during the pandemic by demographic and health characteristics, we combined survey years and ran logistic regression models with an interaction term for each factor and survey year.
Results
In our study population, SBS increased 74% overall from 2019 to 2021 (8.7% to 15.1%; p < 0.001), with the largest percent increase among those aged 50–52 years (3.5% to 9.9%; p < 0.001). Among those aged 50–52 years, the ratio of endoscopy to SBS changed from 83%/17% in 2019 to 55%/45% in 2021. Cologuard was the only screening test where recommendations by healthcare providers significantly increased from 2019 (10.6% to 16.1%; p = 0.002).
Conclusions
Use and recommendations for SBS increased substantially during the pandemic. Increased awareness among patients could potentially improve future CRC screening rates if uptake of SBS occurs among those unable or unwilling to be screened by endoscopy.
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- Titel
- Changes in uptake of stool-based colorectal cancer screening during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Verfasst von
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Eric A. Miller
Paul F. Pinsky
- Publikationsdatum
- 13.06.2023
- Verlag
- Springer International Publishing
- Erschienen in
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Cancer Causes & Control / Ausgabe 10/2023
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7225 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-023-01733-8
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