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This study aimed to (1) examine the relationship between disability and the use of general health examination (GHE) and cancer screening (lung, gastric, colorectal, breast and cervical cancer) and (2) explore the reasons for not using GHE. This cross-sectional study used secondary data from individuals aged 20\u201374 years (n = 15,294) from the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions of 2016. Binomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between disability and non-participation in preventive services. In addition, a descriptive analysis was conducted to explore the reasons for non-participation in GHE. Consequently, disability was identified as an independently associated factor for non-participation in GHE (odds ratios (OR): 1.73; 95% confidence interval (95%CI): 1.14\u20132.62) and screening for colorectal (OR: 1.78; 95%CI: 1.08\u20132.94), gastric (OR: 2.27; 95%CI: 1.27\u20134.05), cervical (OR: 2.12; 95%CI: 1.04\u20134.32) and breast cancer (OR: 2.22; 95%CI: 1.04\u20134.72), controlling for confounding factors. The most dominant reason for non-participation was \u201cI can go to see the doctor anytime, if I am worried (25\/54, 46.3%).\u201d Our findings imply the existence of disability-based disparity in preventive healthcare service use in Japan.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph21020219","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,14]],"date-time":"2024-02-14T04:18:22Z","timestamp":1707884302000},"page":"219","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Use of General Health Examination and Cancer Screening among People with Disability Who Need Support from Others: Analysis of the 2016 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in Japan"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7742-8457","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takashi","family":"Saito","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social Rehabilitation, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7274-0022","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kumiko","family":"Imahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social Rehabilitation, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, 4-1 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8555, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chikako","family":"Yamaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuou 104-0045, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"268","article-title":"Obesity in disabled children and adolescents: An overlooked group of patients","volume":"107","author":"Reinehr","year":"2010","journal-title":"Dtsch. 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