1. Association Between Self-reported Depression and Screening Colonoscopy Participation.
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Calderwood, Audrey H., Bacic, Janine, Kazis, Lewis E., and Cabral, Howard
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RECTUM tumors ,COLON tumors ,CHI-squared test ,COLONOSCOPY ,MENTAL depression ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,RESEARCH funding ,SELF-evaluation ,SURVEYS ,PATIENT participation ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,CROSS-sectional method ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EARLY detection of cancer ,ODDS ratio ,PSYCHOLOGY ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The impact of depression on participation in screening colonoscopy is poorly characterized. This study attempts to understand this relationship by conducting a cross-sectional analysis on a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 to 75 years without a history of colorectal cancer or inflammatory bowel disease from the 2009 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey. Multivariable analysis shows that the odds of having a current colonoscopy is 1.3 times higher for individuals with depression compared with those without depression (odds ratio = 1.3; 95% confidence interval = 1.1-1.7). These findings suggest that depression may not be a risk factor for underutilization of CRC screening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2013
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