Associated Health Behaviors and Beliefs from a Self-paid Colonoscopy Population at a Regional Hospital in Northern Taiwan

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Understand the situation at Self-paid Colonoscopy Population the Health Behaviors, Health Beliefs and colon cancer Screening Knowledge. Impact of colonoscopy results and basic demographics, health behavior, colonoscopy knowledge, health beliefs. METHODS: This study was conducted 201 voluntary Self-paid Colonoscopy patients. Research questionnaire containing demographic data, Health Behavior, Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, Colonoscopy examination Health Beliefs. The results of this questionnaire will be analyzed statistically. RESULTS: Subjects have poor screening knowledge and less healthy behaviors. Positive relationship between health beliefs and screening knowledge (P = 0.006). Health beliefs had significant effects on gender, marital status, body mass index, health behaviors, screening experience and family history (P < 0.05). The results of colonoscopy had significant effects on age (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This study found that there is a positive correlation between screening knowledge and Health Beliefs. People’s poor knowledge of colorectal cancer lead to people do not trust colonoscopy, is the biggest obstacle to screening for colorectal cancer. The male sex and people over the age of 50 in the colonoscopy knowledge absorption worse than others, especially for the knowledge of colorectal polyps is the worst. However, people under the age of 50 do not care much about the government subsidy stool occult blood related information. The study also found that patients over the age of 60 compared with 30 to 39 years old subjects have a higher probability of predicting the risk of adenoma.