{"id":12134,"date":"2022-04-20T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T14:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=12134"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T14:28:34","slug":"chronic-physical-and-mental-comorbidities-decrease-colonoscopy-uptake-after-positive-fecal-blood-test","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/chronic-physical-and-mental-comorbidities-decrease-colonoscopy-uptake-after-positive-fecal-blood-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Physical and Mental Comorbidities Decrease Colonoscopy Uptake After Positive Fecal Blood Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study evaluated 168,701 individuals with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) result, of whom 80.5% underwent colonoscopy within 12 months. Compared with patients not having the same condition, colonoscopy uptake was reduced by 29% in patients with renal failure, 23% in patients with heart failure, and 12% in patients with serious mental illness. The number of medical conditions was also associated with lower colonoscopy uptake. For example, compared with patients with no medical comorbidities, colonoscopy uptake was 36% lower in patients with 4 or more conditions, 25% lower with 3 conditions, and 13% lower with 2 conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study evaluated 168,701 individuals with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) result, of whom 80.5% underwent colonoscopy within 12 months. Compared with patients not having the same condition, colonoscopy uptake was reduced by 29% in patients with renal failure, 23% in patients with heart failure, and 12% in patients with serious mental illness. &#8230; <a title=\"Chronic Physical and Mental Comorbidities Decrease Colonoscopy Uptake After Positive Fecal Blood Test\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/chronic-physical-and-mental-comorbidities-decrease-colonoscopy-uptake-after-positive-fecal-blood-test\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chronic Physical and Mental Comorbidities Decrease Colonoscopy Uptake After Positive Fecal Blood Test\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[2058,3249,3250],"class_list":["post-12134","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-colon-2","tag-fecal-occult-blood-test","tag-fobt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/12134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}