Barrier-focused intervention to increase colonoscopy attendance among nonadherent high-risk populations

Table 3 Baseline characteristics of eligible subjects (n = 1430)

Characteristics	n(%)
Age (yr)
40-59	687 (48.04)
60-74	743 (51.96)
Sex
Male	511 (35.73)
Female	919 (64.27)
High-risk factors
FDRs diagnosed with CRC	240 (16.78)
Personal history of intestinal polyps	105 (7.34)
Personal history of other cancers	136 (9.51)
Positive for questionnaire1	839 (58.67)
Positive for iFOBT	241 (16.85)
Characteristics of barriers
With subjective barriers	646 (45.17)
With objective barriers	714 (49.93)
Without barriers	70 (4.90)

¹Positive for questionnaire refers to having ≥ 2 of the following six items: (1) chronic diarrhea; (2) chronic constipation; (3) mucous or bloody stools; (4) personal history of appendicitis or appendectomy; (5) personal history of chronic cholecystitis or cholecystectomy; (6) history of psychiatric trauma. iFOBT: Immunochemical fecal occult blood testing.