Patients’ Difficulties with Five Different Fecal Immunochemical Tests
Participants strongly preferred a liquid vial compared with a card. Perceived difficulty was significantly associated with FIT errors and with FIT brand. Medical offices providing FITs should ensure that patients understand the task of FIT collection, so that errors are minimized.
Authors
- Barcey T. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3315-4116)
- Yinghui Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5088-5092)
- Jeanette M. Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7130-4552)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230469r1
- Primary Topic
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences