Perceptions and knowledge about prostate cancer and attitudes towards prostate cancer screening among male teachers in the Sunyani Municipality, Ghana
| Autor: | Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, M.M. Ackumey, D. Baafi, B. Yeboah-Asiamah |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
genetic structures Urology media_common.quotation_subject 030232 urology & nephrology Logistic regression lcsh:RC870-923 Ghana Preliminary analysis 03 medical and health sciences Prostate cancer 0302 clinical medicine Perception medicine Chi-square test media_common business.industry Public health Teacher medicine.disease lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology Prostate cancer screening Knowledge Attitude 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Screening business |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Urology; Vol 23, No 4 (2017) African Journal of Urology, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 184-191 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1110-5704 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Poor perceptions and attitudes about prostate cancer screening are some reasons for late reporting for PC screening and treatment. Understanding perceptions of PC and how it translates to screening and treatment is important for physicians and public health practitioners as this information clarifies existing knowledge and provides valuable information for the design of public health programmes to reduce the disease burden of PC. Objective: This study examined perceptions and knowledge about PC and attitudes towards screening among male teachers in the Sunyani Municipality. Subjects and methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 160 teachers aged 45–60 years randomly sampled from primary, junior and senior high schools in the municipality. A structured questionnaire on background characteristics of respondents, perceptions about PC and attitudes towards early screening was used to elicit responses. Preliminary analysis summarised data on socio-demographic characteristics of respondents, perceptions and attitudes about PC screening. The Pearson’s chi square (χ2) and Fisher’s exact tests, and logistic regression analysis were later used to examine the association between socio-demographic variables, knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about PC screening. Results: The mean age of respondents was 49.52 (SD = ±3.95). PC was not considered to be transmitted sexually (58.8%) and caused by radiations from mobile phones, (40.6%). Majority of respondents agreed that PC screening is beneficial (95.0%) and disagreed with the assertion that going through PC screening is embarrassing (72%) and painful (49.3%), although the majority had never been screened (90%). There was no association between demographic variables and perceptions about PC. However, knowledge about PC was found to be significantly associated with perceptions about PC (p |
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