OBJECTIVES: To identify the reasons for non-compliance with fecal occultblood test in the screening programme for @entity14 . DESIGN AND SETTING: The @entity1 who had never participated in the screening programme for @entity14 served as the subjects of this study. A structured questionnaire which included the reasons for rejection was sent to each of non-compliers. They were requested to choose two major reasons which were described in a best way that why they did not participate in the programme. The frequency of the stated reasons were analysed from the viewpoint of both sex and age effects. MAIN RESULTS: A total of 439 @entity1 was identified as non-compliers, and 356 (81.1%) @entity1 completed the questionnaire. No significant difference was noted in response to the questionnaire between male and female as well as aged 40-59 and those 60-79. The most commonest reason was felt well (47.8%) in male, fear or shyness of further examination (40.2%) in female, and also felt well (48.5%) in aged 40-59, fear or shyness of further examination (40.1%) in aged 60-79. Significant differences were observed in the frequencies of felt well (p<0.01), fear or shyness of further examination (p<0. 01), busy for work (p<0.01) and fear of @entity5 (p<0.01) between male and female, and also felt well (p<0.01), fear or shyness of further examination (p<0.01), busy for work (p<0.01) and @entity66 (p<0.01) between aged 40-59 and those 60-79. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that public education about the concept of asymptomatic illness, the benefits of early detection, the safety and painless colonoscopy, and the effective treatment should be emphasised to increase compliance with screening for @entity1503 .

Reasons for non-compliance in XXXX screening with @entity1503 test.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['people'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['coexistent disease'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity1503 :: ('MESH:D006402', 'Disease') :: ['fecal occult blood'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancer']
