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  • Gastroenterology
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Colonoscopy avoidance is frequently linked to negative emotions like fear, embarrassment, and disgust.
  • These emotions arise from distinct challenges patients encounter during screening procedures.
  • Further research is needed to identify and address the specific causes of these emotions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate scales measuring negative emotions (fear, embarrassment, disgust) associated with colonoscopy screening.
  • To identify specific issues within colonoscopy procedures that trigger these negative emotions.
  • To provide a foundation for targeted interventions to improve patient experience and screening adherence.

Main Methods:

  • Development of measurement items based on common colonoscopy barriers.
  • Recruitment of 232 adults aged 45-75 via Amazon Mechanical Turk.
  • Validation of measurement models using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.

Main Results:

  • Psychometric evidence confirmed distinct factor structures for fear, embarrassment, and disgust.
  • Each emotion was linked to unique barriers across colonoscopy preparation, screening, and recovery phases.
  • Emotional factors significantly correlated with patient attitudes and screening intentions.

Conclusions:

  • Colonoscopy screening elicits distinct negative emotional dimensions with identifiable underlying causes.
  • These findings enable better assessment of patient-specific emotional barriers to colonoscopy.
  • Developing targeted interventions based on these causes can enhance colonoscopy screening uptake.