Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perceived Barriers of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Family Physicians in National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh
Table 8
Perceived barriers reported by the physicians.
| | Barriers | No. | % |
| | Patients related | | | | Patients are not aware of CRC screening ( = 130) | 120 | 92.4 | | Patients do not want to discuss CRC screening ( = 130) | 79 | 60.7 | | Patients have difficulty understanding the information about CRC screening ( = 130) | 82 | 63.1 | | Patients do not perceive CRC screening as a serious health threat ( = 130) | 65 | 50 | | Workplace related | | | | Not having a reminder system ( = 130) | 112 | 86.1 | | Unavailability of CRC screening policy and procedure ( = 130) | 100 | 76.9 | | Patients are not followed up through to complete CRC Screening ( = 129) | 98 | 76 | | Shortage in trained providers for endoscopic as a first test ( = 129) | 87 | 67.5 | | Shortage in trained providers for endoscopic as a follow-up test ( = 129) | 81 | 62.8 | | Not having enough time to discuss CRC screening ( = 130) | 91 | 70 |
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