“…5,6 Previous studies have suggested that socio-demographic factors (eg, age, marital status, education, income, and race), family history (eg, family or personal history of cancer and chronic diseases), healthcare utilization (eg, health insurance coverage, regular contact with a physician and flu shot), awareness factors (eg, knowledge of CRC, attitude towards CRC and screening, perceived risk of developing CRC), past screening behavior (eg, mammography, pap smear, prostate cancer screening), and lifestyle (eg, history of smoking, alcohol intake, and physical activity) affect screening behaviors. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Other factors like mental health disorders may also influence CRC screening participation. 16,17 Mental health patients have an increased rate of morbidity and mortality.…”