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Table 2 Agreeing positive answers from patient and doctor, stratified for grading of symptoms as stated by the patient

From: Patient-reported and doctor-reported symptoms when faecal immunochemical tests are requested in primary care in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: a prospective study

 

Positive answers for different grading of symptoms by patients

Minor discomfort or more

Mild discomfort or more

Moderate discomfort or more

Moderately severe discomfort or more

Severe discomfort or more

Very severe discomfort

Symptoms

N

Patient

Both (%)

Patient

Both (%)

Patient

Both (%)

Patient

Both (%)

Patient

Both (%)

Patient

Both (%)

Abdominal paina

356

305

194 (63.6)

262

183 (69.8)

216

156 (72.2)

105

88 (83.8)

34

29 (85.3)

6

5 (83.3)

Diarrhoeaa

353

258

139 (53.9)

208

124 (59.6)

169

110 (65.1)

102

79 (77.5)

52

46 (88.5)

18

17 (94.4)

Urgencya

352

227

66 (29.1)

182

63 (34.6)

143

59 (41.3)

99

48 (48.5)

46

24 (52.2)

10

8 (80.0)

Constipationa

351

243

86 (35.4)

185

77 (41.6)

145

67 (46.2)

84

51 (60.7)

38

27 (71.1)

15

12 (80.0)

Incomplete evacuationa

353

259

52 (20.1)

194

48 (24.7)

160

41 (25.6)

81

22 (27.2)

36

13 (36.1)

10

6 (60.0)

Reflux symptomsa

354

175

39 (22.3)

120

26 (21.7)

75

20 (26.7)

36

12 (33.3)

15

6 (40.0)

5

1 (20.0)

Change in bowel habitsb

335

161

98 (60.9)

          

Rectal bleedingb

339

148

84 (56.8)

          

Black faecesb

330

70

16 (22.9)

          

Weight lossb

335

62

35 (56.5)

          
  1. aQuestions answered on a scale from “no discomfort” to “very severe discomfort” by patients, and with “yes”, “no” or “unknown” by doctors
  2. bQuestion answered with “yes” or “no” by patients and with “yes”, “no” or “unknown” by doctors