Patient prompting of their physician resulted in increased colon cancer screening referrals

Table 1 Patients characteristics

Characteristics	IMRC		P value	FMRC		P value
	Control group	Intervention group		Control group	Intervention group
Number of patients	72	76	NS	66	60	NS
Median age (range), yr	54 (51-64)	56 (49-70)		55 (48-68)	54 (47-66)
Sex
Male	32	28		27	27
Female	40	48		39	33
Ethnicity
Non-hispanic white	35	45		30	32
African American	26	24		25	19
Others	9	9		11	9
Health Insurance
Yes	12	19		66	60
No	60	57		0	0
Education
< High school graduate	12	25		7	5
High school graduate	54	41		29	31
College graduate	6	10		30	24
Past medical history
Hypertension	56	60		51	37
Diabetes mellitus	31	26		25	21
Heart disease	4	7		5	5
Liver disease	6	6		5	3
None	12	6		3	9
Alarm symptoms
Yes	20	33		28	26
No	52	43		38	34
Family history of CRC
Yes	11	4		12	7
No	61	72		54	52
Had a colonoscopy
Yes	6	11		9	8
No	66	65		57	52
Knowledge of CRC recommendations
Yes	14	26		36	38
No	58	50		30	22
Know colonoscopy prevents CRC
Yes	35	46		42	42
No	37	30		24	18

CRC: Colorectal cancer; IMRC: Internal medicine resident clinic; FMRC: Family medicine resident clinic.