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Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes

BACKGROUND: There is no national screening programme for prostate cancer in Sweden. Instead, population-based organised prostate cancer testing (OPT) projects are introduced to make information and testing more equal and effective. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate men’s perception of being invited to OPT and...

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Autores principales: Svensson, Linda, Stinesen Bratt, Karin, Jiborn, Thomas, Börjedahl, Anna-Carin, Bratt, Ola
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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10240514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37284038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2023.03.012
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author Svensson, Linda
Stinesen Bratt, Karin
Jiborn, Thomas
Börjedahl, Anna-Carin
Bratt, Ola
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Stinesen Bratt, Karin
Jiborn, Thomas
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description BACKGROUND: There is no national screening programme for prostate cancer in Sweden. Instead, population-based organised prostate cancer testing (OPT) projects are introduced to make information and testing more equal and effective. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate men’s perception of being invited to OPT and of the information in the invitation letter, and whether their perception is influenced by educational level. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A questionnaire was sent out to men invited to OPT in 2020: 600 50-yr-old men in Region Västra Götaland and 1000 50-, 56-, and 62-yr-old men in Region Skåne. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Responses were evaluated on a Likert scale. The chi-square test was used to compare proportions. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 534 men (34%) responded. Almost all considered the OPT concept as very good (84%) or good (13%). Among men not previously undergone a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a larger proportion with nonacademic (53%) than with academic education (41%) responded that the text about disadvantages was very clear (p = 0.03). A similar difference was observed for the text about advantages (68% vs 58%, p = 0.09). There was no association between education and searching for more information elsewhere. The low response rate is the main limitation. CONCLUSIONS: Almost all responding men evaluating the invitation letter for OPT were positive about making a personal decision regarding whether or not to have a PSA test. Most were content with the brief information. Men with academic education were somewhat less likely to find the information very clear. This shows a need for further research about how best to describe the advantages and disadvantages of prostate cancer testing. PATIENT SUMMARY: Almost all men who responded to a questionnaire to evaluate the invitation letter for organised prostate cancer testing were positive about the opportunity to make a personal decision regarding whether or not to have a prostate-specific antigen test.
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spelling pubmed-102405142023-06-06 Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes Svensson, Linda Stinesen Bratt, Karin Jiborn, Thomas Börjedahl, Anna-Carin Bratt, Ola Eur Urol Open Sci Education BACKGROUND: There is no national screening programme for prostate cancer in Sweden. Instead, population-based organised prostate cancer testing (OPT) projects are introduced to make information and testing more equal and effective. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate men’s perception of being invited to OPT and of the information in the invitation letter, and whether their perception is influenced by educational level. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A questionnaire was sent out to men invited to OPT in 2020: 600 50-yr-old men in Region Västra Götaland and 1000 50-, 56-, and 62-yr-old men in Region Skåne. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Responses were evaluated on a Likert scale. The chi-square test was used to compare proportions. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 534 men (34%) responded. Almost all considered the OPT concept as very good (84%) or good (13%). Among men not previously undergone a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a larger proportion with nonacademic (53%) than with academic education (41%) responded that the text about disadvantages was very clear (p = 0.03). A similar difference was observed for the text about advantages (68% vs 58%, p = 0.09). There was no association between education and searching for more information elsewhere. The low response rate is the main limitation. CONCLUSIONS: Almost all responding men evaluating the invitation letter for OPT were positive about making a personal decision regarding whether or not to have a PSA test. Most were content with the brief information. Men with academic education were somewhat less likely to find the information very clear. This shows a need for further research about how best to describe the advantages and disadvantages of prostate cancer testing. PATIENT SUMMARY: Almost all men who responded to a questionnaire to evaluate the invitation letter for organised prostate cancer testing were positive about the opportunity to make a personal decision regarding whether or not to have a prostate-specific antigen test. Elsevier 2023-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10240514/ /pubmed/37284038 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2023.03.012 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title_full Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title_fullStr Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title_full_unstemmed Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title_short Men’s Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons—A Survey from Two Population-based Testing Programmes
title_sort men’s perception of being invited for prostate cancer testing and the information about its pros and cons—a survey from two population-based testing programmes
topic Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10240514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37284038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euros.2023.03.012
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