Pernille Gabel|Mette Bach Larsen|Adrian Edwards|Pia Kirkegaard|Berit Andersen
Knowledge, attitudes, and worries among different health literacy groups before receiving first invitation to colorectal cancer screening: Cross-sectional study
Regional Hospital Randers|Aarhus University|Regional Hospital Randers|Regional Hospital Randers|Cardiff University|Regional Hospital Randers|Regional Hospital Randers|Aarhus University
colorectal cancer screening uptake associated knowledge attitudes worries screening people higher levels health literacy usually higher screeningrelated knowledge association attitudes worries sparsely described aim study describe knowledge attitudes worries colorectal cancer screening among unscreened citizens estimate association health literacy crosssectional study 10030 5374 yearold central denmark region citizens received questionnaire assessing knowledge attitudes worry health literacy socioeconomic demographic data linked statistics denmark data collection total 7142 712 questionnaires completed good general level knowledge observed 491 513 7 men women respectively citizens tended positive towards screening 214 213 428 range scale men women respectively showed low levels worries 88 909 315 range scale men women respectively knowledge decreased worries increased lower levels health literacy attitudes tended positive higher levels health literacy general citizens tend good knowledge positive attitudes worries colorectal cancer screening people lower health literacy could benefit targeted interventions address knowledge worries screening support informed decision making