Barriers to bowel scope (flexible sigmoidoscopy) screening: a comparison of non-responders, active decliners and non-attenders

• Main Authors: Christian von Wagner (Author), Bernardette Bonello (Author), Sandro Stoffel (Author), Hanna Skrobanski (Author), Madeleine Freeman (Author), Robert S Kerrison (Author), Lesley M McGregor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Participation in bowel scope screening (BSS) is low (43%), limiting its potential to reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. This study aimed to quantify the prevalence of barriers to BSS and examine the extent to which these barriers differed according to non-par...