Longitudinal adherence with fecal occult blood test screening in community practice

JJ Fenton, JG Elmore, DSM Buist… - The Annals of Family …, 2010 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Although screening with fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) reduces colorectal
cancer (CRC) mortality, its effectiveness may diminish if patients do not adhere with …

[HTML][HTML] Improving fecal occult blood testing compliance using a mailed educational reminder

JK Lee, V Reis, S Liu, L Conn, EJ Groessl… - Journal of general …, 2009 - Springer
BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related
deaths in the United States. Randomized controlled trials have shown that annual screening …

Longitudinal adherence to fecal occult blood testing impacts colorectal cancer screening quality

ZF Gellad, KM Stechuchak, DA Fisher… - Official journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Existing cross-sectional quality measures for colorectal cancer (CRC)
screening do not assess longitudinal adherence and thus may overestimate the quality of …

Adherence to repeat fecal occult blood testing in an urban community health center network

DT Liss, A Petit-Homme, J Feinglass… - Journal of community …, 2013 - Springer
Annual fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) has the potential to reduce colorectal cancer
mortality, but in practice it is challenging to complete FOBT every year. Repeat FOBT …

Predictors of fecal occult blood test (FOBT) completion among low-income adults

KA Greiner, AS James, W Born, S Hall, KK Engelman… - Preventive …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND.: Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) can reduce colorectal cancer (CRC)
mortality. Unfortunately, CRC screening is underutilized. Sociocultural mediators of FOBT …

The cumulative risk of false-positive fecal occult blood test after 10 years of colorectal cancer screening

RA Hubbard, E Johnson, R Hsia, CM Rutter - … epidemiology, biomarkers & …, 2013 - AACR
Background: Annual colorectal cancer screening with fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is a
noninvasive alternative to screening colonoscopy once every 10 years. If false-positive …

A national survey of primary care physicians' methods for screening for fecal occult blood

MR Nadel, JA Shapiro, CN Klabunde… - Annals of Internal …, 2005 - acpjournals.org
Background: Screening with the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) has been shown to reduce
colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in randomized, controlled trials. Although the test …

Comparative effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve adherence to annual colorectal cancer screening in community health centers: a randomized …

DW Baker, T Brown, DR Buchanan, J Weil… - JAMA internal …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are lower among Latinos and people
living in poverty. Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) is one recommended screening modality …

Lack of follow-up colonoscopy after positive FOBT in an organized colorectal cancer screening program is associated with modifiable health care practices

A Correia, L Rabeneck, NN Baxter, LF Paszat… - Preventive …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Background ColonCancerCheck (CCC), Ontario's organized colorectal cancer
(CRC) screening program, uses guaiac fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT). To reduce CRC …

Evaluation of claims, medical records, and self-report for measuring fecal occult blood testing among Medicare enrollees in fee for service

AP Schenck, CN Klabunde, JL Warren… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Background: There is no agreement on the best data source for measuring colorectal cancer
(CRC) screening. Medicare claims have been used to measure CRC testing but the validity …