Knowledge and awareness of prostate cancer among the general public in Burkina Faso
| Autor: | Ali Ouédraogo, Fasnewinde Aristide Kabore, Barnabé Zango, Timothé Kambou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Population MEDLINE Alternative medicine Prostate cancer Informed consent Prostate Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Burkina Faso medicine Humans Risk factor education Early Detection of Cancer Aged Gynecology education.field_of_study business.industry Mortality rate Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Prostatic Neoplasms Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis Health Surveys Black or African American medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology business Demography Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 29(1) |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 |
| Popis: | The lack of awareness about prostate cancer and other prostate-related issues has been identified as a cause of low survival and higher mortality rates among black men. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge of prostate cancer (PCa) among men in the general public, in the main city of Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou). The targeted population was black African men aged 25 years and older, with no history of PCa. Six hundred men who provided informed consent were invited to participate in a PCa knowledge questionnaire through face-to-face interviews. The questionnaire was composed of multiple-choice items designed to ascertain participant’s characteristics (age, profession, and level of education) and knowledge of prostate and PCa (risk factors, diagnosis tests, and curative treatments). The average age of men was 42 (min 25, max 80), and 63 % reported primary school or less. Sixty-two percent admitted they did not know the terms prostate and prostate cancer. Only two respondents (0.3 %) cited race as a risk factor, when 90 (15 %) perceived too much sexual activity as a risk factor. A majority of respondents (70.3 %, n = 422) stated that they were unaware of any diagnosis tests for PCa. The level of education was strongly correlated with PCa knowledge (p |
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