Research Article

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perceived Barriers of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Family Physicians in National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh

Table 2

Knowledge score items and numbers of correct answers.

Knowledge item Correct answers
(%)

Fifty years of age as starting age for screening102 (78.5)
Awareness about stopping age for screening51 (39.2)
Seventy-five years of age as stopping age for screening19 (14.6)
Awareness about Fecal Occult Blood Testing
(FOBT):
 Guaiac FOBT68 (52.3)
 Fecal immunochemical testing46 (35.4)
 FOBT office card60 (46.2)
 FOBT home kit53 (40.8)
Ordering 3 samples for each FOBT 68 (52.7)
Screening interval for each screening modality
 FBOT annually 69 (53.1)
 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy every 5 years59 (45.4)
 Colonoscopy every 10 years57 (43.8)