TY - JOUR ID - 25818 TI - Knowledge and Attitude of Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Moderate Risk Patients in West Malaysia JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 12 IS - 8 SP - 1957 EP - 1960 KW - Colorectal cancer screening KW - Knowledge KW - Attitude KW - Malaysia DO - N2 - Colorectal cancer is the commonest cancer among males and the third commonest cancer among women in Malaysia. However, almost 80% of patients sought treatment for cancer only when they were already in late stage due to lack of awareness. Hence, the objectives of this study were to determine the knowledge and attitude of colorectal cancer screening among moderate risk patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted between August 2009 till April 2010 in 44 health clinics with Family Medicine Specialists in West Malaysia. Stratified multistage random sampling was applied and a validated Malay version of the questionnaire with the Cronbach’ alpha of 0.65 to 0.82 was used. Data were entered using SPSS 12.0 and analysed with STATA 8.0. A total of 1,905 (93.8%) patients responded. The mean (SD) knowledge and attitude score among moderate risk patients were 69.5 (6.11)% and 66.5 (7.07)%, whereas, the percentages forgood knowledge and attitude were 4.1% and 3.3% respectively. Less than 1% had undergone colorectal cancer screening and the main reasons were not bothered, busy and embarrassment. The majority of patients who had moderate risk for colorectal cancer had extremely low knowledge and attitude towards colorectal cancer screening. As a result, the majority did not undergo any form of colorectal cancer screening. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_25818.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_25818_504223b096521ac1b0c32b2cef8169be.pdf ER -