Colorectal cancer screening using the faecal occult blood test (FOBt): a survey of GP attitudes and practices in the UK

Table 1 Calculation of 'attitude' score for each respondent as a proxy measure of attitudes to FOBt screening

Survey question	Score assigned for each response*§
	1	2	3
How effective do you believe FOBt is in reducing cancer mortality in average risk patients aged 50 years and older?	Not effective	Somewhat effective	Very effective
How often do you recommend FOBt for your asymptomatic average-risk patients of the appropriate age?	Rarely/Never	Sometimes	Almost always
How appropriate do you think FOBt is for population-based colorectal cancer screening?	Not at all appropriate	Somewhat appropriate	Very appropriate

* 'Don't know' answers and missing values for each of these survey questions were interpolated using a mean score of the responder's answers to the other question(s)
§Total 'attitude' scores were calculated for each respondent. These were then dichotomised before further analysis with a score of seven or greater indicating a positive attitude, and a score of six or less a negative attitude

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