Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme in Spain: Results of Key Performance Indicators After Five Rounds (2000–2012)

Effective quality assurance is essential in any screening programme. This article provides a unique insight into key quality indicators of five rounds of the first population-based colorectal cancer screening programme implemented in Spain (2000–2012), providing the results according to the type of...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2016-01, Vol.6 (1), p.19532-19532, Article 19532
Main Authors: Binefa, Gemma, Garcia, Montse, Milà, Núria, Fernández, Esteve, Rodríguez-Moranta, Francisco, Gonzalo, Núria, Benito, Llúcia, Clopés, Ana, Guardiola, Jordi, Moreno, Víctor
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Language:English
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Adenoma
Adult
Aged
Cancer screening
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal carcinoma
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Cribratge
Càncer colorectal
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
Espanya
Health status indicators
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Indicadors de salut
Mammography
Mass Screening
Medical screening
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Population Surveillance
Prevention programs
Programes de prevenció
Quality assurance
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Reproducibility of Results
Science
Spain
Spain - epidemiology
Statistical analysis
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Summary:Effective quality assurance is essential in any screening programme. This article provides a unique insight into key quality indicators of five rounds of the first population-based colorectal cancer screening programme implemented in Spain (2000–2012), providing the results according to the type of screening (prevalent or first screen and incident or subsequent screen) and test (guaiac or immunochemical). The total crude participation rate increased from 17.2% (11,011) in the first round to 35.9% (22,988) in the last one. Rescreening rate was very high (88.6% in the fifth round). Positivity rate was superior with the faecal immunochemical test (6.2%) than with the guaiac-based test (0.7%) (p 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/srep19532