Health anxiety and work loss in patients diagnosed with serrated polyposis syndrome: A cross sectional study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical factor recorded

Demographic	Clinical
Age	Smoking
Sex	Ethanol
Working status	Number of medications
	Family history of CRC
	Personal history of CRC
	Years since diagnosis

CRC: Colorectal carcinoma.

Table 2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of cohort

	n (%)
Sex
Male	15 (29.41)
Female	36 (70.59)
Age at SPS diagnosis (years), mean	48.14
SD	10.88
Range	23-62
Family history of CRC
1st degree	15 (29.41)
2nd degree	9 (17.65)
No	23 (45.10)
Unknown	2 (3.92)
Missing data	2 (3.92)
Previous history of CRC
CRC prior to Dx of SPS	1 (1.96)
CRC at time of SPS Dx	0 (0)
CRC post SPS Dx	0 (0)
No CRC	48 (94.12)
Missing data	2 (3.92)
Smoking status
Yes	4 (7.84)
No	36 (70.59)
Ex-smoker	9 (17.65)
Missing data	2 (3.92)
Ethanol intake (> 30 gm per day)
Yes	7 (13.73)
No	42 (82.35)
Missing data	2 (3.92)
Employment status
Full-time	33 (64.71)
Part-time	12 (23.53)
Casual	4 (7.84)
Not working	2 (3.92)

SPS: Serrated polyposis syndrome; CRC: Colorectal carcinoma.

Table 3 Health anxiety score distribution

	Mean (SD), range
Total sample	13.43 (6.16), 2-30
Sex
Male	13.87 (5.55), 7-25
Female	13.25 (6.46), 2-30
Age
< 45 years	12.17 (8.04), 5-30
≥ 45 years	13.82 (5.12), 2-25
Health anxiety (%)
Score ≥ 18	n = 11 (21.57)
Score ≥ 30	n = 1 (1.96)

Table 4 Attitudes towards personalised surveillance of serrated polyposis syndrome patients, with or without health anxiety

	Health anxiety	No health anxiety	P value	95%CI	Odds ratio
Personalised surveillance			0.0019091	2.42-34.19	7.60
Not worried	2	30
Slightly worried	6	9
Worried	3	1
Very worried	0	0

¹Significant.