Colorectal cancer screening barriers and facilitators among Jordanians: A cross-sectional study

•Screening rates for colorectal cancer in eligible Jordanians remain low.•The awareness of colorectal cancer is superior in participants with higher incomes.•The most commonly reported reason for non-adherence to screening is “feeling well.”•Physician endorsement is the most critical incentivizing factor for screening uptake. The factors affecting the adherence of Jordanians to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening remain underexplored. We examined the inhibitory and facilitating factors that influence the uptake of CRC screening among Jordanians. We conducted questionnaire interviews between April 2020 and June 2021 with 861 Jordanians aged 50–75. We analyzed the differences between proportions using the chi-square test. Binary logistic regression was conducted to determine factors associated with awareness of CRC and its screening. Of all participants, 41.7 % were aware of the necessity of screening for CRC, and 27.2 % were aware of at least one of the tests for CRC screening. However, only 17.2 % of participants underwent screening. In the multivariate analysis, participants with higher income (p-value