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Table 1 Colon Cancer Screening Behaviours Survey

From: The colon cancer screening behaviours survey for South Asians: a pilot study of feasibility and psychometric evaluation

Survey Sections

Survey Items = Total of 84 items

Section 1

Items on the home stool test assessing knowledge, uptake, and overall intention to have screening in the future. (items 1–6)

Section 2

Items on the colonoscopy procedure assessing knowledge and uptake, and intention to have a procedure. (7–9)

Section 3

Six multi-item scales (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, and subjective norm) relevant to colon cancer screening. (items 10–69)

• Perceived susceptibility included 6 items that assessed self-perceived risk of a diagnosis of CRC.

• Perceived severity was assessed with 9 items and related to serious nature of CRC, its impact and evaluation if not treated.

• Perceived benefits (home stool test and colonoscopy) was divided up into 6 items for home stool test and 6 items for colonoscopy examining the benefit to having either test.

• Perceived barriers (home stool test and colonoscopy) included 11 items for the home stool test and 10 items for colonoscopy and represented the factors that impeded decisions to have CRC screening.

• Perceived self-efficacy was measured with 7 items and assessed an individual’s confidence in performing the home stool test or preparing for colonoscopy.

• Subjective norm was measured using 5 items and examined the social influences and the individuals desire to comply with having CRC screening.

Response Categories: 7-point Likert Scale for response categories: 1 – strongly disagree, 2 – moderately disagree, 3 – mildly disagree, 4 – neither disagree or agree, 5 – mildly agree, 6 – moderately agree, 7 – strongly agree

Section 4

Population socio-demographic items (70–84)

Crawford et al. [26, 27]