Table 1

Demographic characteristics and FIT results (n=44)

Characteristic	Variable	N	%
Sex	Female	19	43
	Male	25	57
Age (years)	40–49	3	7
	50–59	17	39
	60–69	10	23
	70–79	11	25
	80–89	3	7
FIT result	Negative	35	80
	Positive	8	18
	Unclear*	1	2
How FIT result was received	Patient called practice†	12	27
	Patient did not receive results/is unsure‡	11	25
	Practice called patient§	9	20
	Patient told face-to-face¶	4	9
	Patient received letter**	3	7
	Patient checked results online**	2	5
	Other††	3	7
Education level	None	3	7
	GCSE (or equivalent)	4	9
	A level (or equivalent)	5	11
	Degree (or equivalent)	18	41
	Other higher education	10	23
	Missing	4	9
Ethnicity	White British	35	80
	White Irish	1	2
	Any other white background	2	4
	Missing	6	14
Indices of Multiple Deprivation quintiles	1 (most deprived)	0	0
	2	4	9
	3	7	16
	4	4	9
	5 (least deprived)	6	14
	Missing	23	52

*One patient described doing the FIT in detail, but on the patient database FIT was recorded as ‘not done’. As the patient clearly had done the test, this was recorded as an unclear result.
†One positive result (patient reported this as inconclusive during the interview).
‡Did not receive (n=7, all negative), unsure about it (n=4, two negative, one positive and one missing).
§GP (n=6, two positive results), nurse practitioner (n=1, negative—nurse called about something else and the patient asked for results); receptionist (n=2, one positive result).
¶GP (n=2, all negative), nurse (n=1, positive), receptionist (n=1, negative).
** All negative results.
††Cannot remember how results were received (n=1, positive), GP contacted but unclear if by phone or face-to-face (n=1, negative), over the phone but unclear who called whom (n=1, positive).
FIT, faecal immunochemical test; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; GP, general practitioner.