Table 5 Main reasons to discontinue or not to participate in PDAC screening – excerpt of questionnaire responses of IAR groups 2 and 3 (18 IAR of group 2 and 21 of group 3 stated their reasons)
Reasonsa | N (%) |
|---|---|
too much effort (time, travel expenses) | 19/39 (48.7%) |
fear of the diagnostic procedures and/or their results | 13/39 (33.3%) |
the annual follow-up is too frequent | 10/39 (25.6%) |
miscellaneous (received a bill (1x), wait time too long (1x), received no medical report (1x), death (2x)) | 9/39 (23.0%) |
to be confronted with potential disease is too burdensome | 7/39 (17.9%) |
feel too old | 6/39 (15.4%) |
thought the program was terminated | 5/39 (12.8%) |
no interest, have no complaints | 4/39 (10.2%) |