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Colorectal cancer screening, perceived discrimination, and low-income and trust in doctors: a survey of minority patients

BMC public health, 2009-09, Vol.9 (1), p.363-363, Article 363 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2009 Born et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ;Copyright © 2009 Born et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009 Born et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-363 ;PMID: 19781085

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  • Title:
    Colorectal cancer screening, perceived discrimination, and low-income and trust in doctors: a survey of minority patients
  • Author: Born, Wendi ; Engelman, Kimberly ; Greiner, K Allen ; Bhattacharya, Shelley B ; Hall, Sandra ; Hou, Qingjiang ; Ahluwalia, Jasjit S
  • Subjects: Adult ; Colorectal cancer ; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis ; Colorectal Neoplasms - psychology ; Female ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Male ; Mass Screening ; Middle Aged ; Minority Groups - psychology ; Occult Blood ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care ; Physician-Patient Relations ; Physicians ; Poverty ; Prejudice ; Preventive medicine ; Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Trust - psychology
  • Is Part Of: BMC public health, 2009-09, Vol.9 (1), p.363-363, Article 363
  • Description: Completion of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening testing is lower among low-income and minority groups than the population as a whole. Given the multiple cancer screening health disparities known to exist within the U.S., this study investigated the relationship between perceived discrimination, trust in most doctors, and completion of Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT) among a low-income, minority primary care population in an urban setting. We recruited a convenience sample of adults over age 40 (n = 282) from a federally qualified community health center (70% African American). Participants completed a survey which included measures of trust in most doctors, perceived discrimination, demographics and report of cancer screening. Participants reported high levels of trust in most doctors, regardless of sex, race, education or income. High trust was associated with low perceived discrimination (p < 0.01). The trend was for older participants to express more trust (p = 0.09) and less perceived discrimination (p < 0.01). Neither trust nor discrimination was associated with race or education. Trust was higher among participants over 50 who were up-to-date on FOBT screening vs. those who were not (31 vs. 29 (median), p < 0.05 by T-test). Among those over 50, up-to-date FOBT screening was nearly associated with high trust (p < 0.06; 95% CI 0.99, 1.28) and low perceived discrimination (p < 0.01; 95% CI 0.76, 0.96). Nevertheless, in multivariate-modeling, age and income explained FOBT completion better than race, trust and discrimination. Perceived discrimination was related to income, but not race, suggesting that discrimination is not unique to minorities, but common to those in poverty. Since trust in most doctors trended toward being related to age, FOBT screening could be negatively influenced by low trust and perceived discrimination in health care settings. A failure to address these issues in middle-aged, low income individuals could exacerbate future disparities in CRC screening.
  • Publisher: England: BioMed Central
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1471-2458
    EISSN: 1471-2458
    DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-363
    PMID: 19781085
  • Source: SpringerOpen
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