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Prostate cancer awareness, knowledge, and screening practices among older men in Oyo State, Nigeria
- Source :
- International quarterly of community health education. 30(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer among Nigerian men. This study assessed the knowledge, awareness, and screening practices among older men regarding prostate cancer in Oyo State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study used a multi-stage sampling technique to select 561 adult males. A semi-structured questionnaire was used. Respondents' median age is 60.0 years. Prostate cancer awareness was high [449 (80.0%)]. The overall mean knowledge of prostate cancer causation, treatment, and prevention was 5.8 (±3.0) out of a maximum of 16. Only 109 (19.4%) perceived themselves at risk of developing prostate cancer, but only 4.5% have ever been screened. Though knowledge and risk perception of prostate cancer were low, a majority of respondents (81.5%) were willing to be screened for the disease. Community-based prostate cancer educational interventions and provision of screening centers are needed for this group.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health (social science)
Cross-sectional study
MEDLINE
Nigeria
Health knowledge
Education
Interviews as Topic
Prostate cancer
Disease Screening
Prostate
medicine
Humans
Aged
Gynecology
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0272684X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International quarterly of community health education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e2d30cefe19972b70913d5a6d40d24cb