Abstract
Colorectal cancer is the third most common oncology in Latvia and the second most common in EU. Faecal occult blood (FOB) test as a screening program takes place in Latvia since 2009. However, during the last 10 years patients’
compliance is dramatically low – it was only 16.0% in 2018. The main reason for that was an absence of information about the development features of colorectal oncology, lack of information about the FOB test availability, family doctors involvement and personal complex. The interviewees offered options on how to improve this situation – screening program should become a compulsory test for everyone, informational booklets should be available at family doctors practise, information about the colorectal oncology and invitation to the FOB screening test should be sent by post. Study results of this qualitative research imply that awareness on colorectal cancer screening programme is low among colorectal cancer patients before diagnosis and rises after.
compliance is dramatically low – it was only 16.0% in 2018. The main reason for that was an absence of information about the development features of colorectal oncology, lack of information about the FOB test availability, family doctors involvement and personal complex. The interviewees offered options on how to improve this situation – screening program should become a compulsory test for everyone, informational booklets should be available at family doctors practise, information about the colorectal oncology and invitation to the FOB screening test should be sent by post. Study results of this qualitative research imply that awareness on colorectal cancer screening programme is low among colorectal cancer patients before diagnosis and rises after.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 61 st International Scientific Conference of Daugavpils University |
| Subtitle of host publication | Part A: Natural Sciences |
| Editors | Irēna Kokina |
| Place of Publication | Daugavpils |
| Publisher | Daugavpils University |
| Pages | 83-89 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-9984-14-899-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 61st International Scientific Conference of Daugavpils University - Daugavpils, Latvia Duration: 11 Apr 2019 → 12 Apr 2019 Conference number: 61 https://dukonference.lv/files/2019_978-9984-14-890-8_DU%2061%20starpt%20zinatn%20konf%20tezes.pdf |
Conference
| Conference | 61st International Scientific Conference of Daugavpils University |
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| Country/Territory | Latvia |
| City | Daugavpils |
| Period | 11/04/19 → 12/04/19 |
| Other | Daugavpils Universitātes 61. starptautiskā zinātniskā konference |
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Field of Science*
- 3.2 Clinical medicine
Publication Type*
- 3.2. Articles or chapters in other proceedings other than those included in 3.1., with an ISBN or ISSN code
