31 Psychosocial consequences of participating in a national colorectal cancer screening programme

Background null Screening for life-threatening diseases has potential benefits and harms. In screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) some potential harms are the negative psychosocial consequences of being diagnosed with polyps or receiving a false-positive result. null In 2014 a national CRC screening programme was implemented in Denmark, using an immunochemical faecal occult blood test (iFOBT) as the screening method and targeting all citizens...