Behaviors Used by Men to Protect Themselves against Prostate Cancer

This paper reports on behaviors men use to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Data were collected via a telephone or mailed survey from 353 men enrolled in two studies of prostate cancer screening. Respondents reported behaviors they used to protect themselves against prostate cancer, and r...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention biomarkers & prevention, 2004-01, Vol.13 (1), p.78-86
Main Authors: KUNKEL, Elisabeth J. S, MEYER, Birgit, DASKALAKIS, Constantine, COCROFT, James, JENNINGS-DOZIER, Kathleen, MYERS, Ronald E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
Data Collection
Educational Status
Health Behavior
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Tumors of the urinary system
United States
Urinary tract. Prostate gland
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper reports on behaviors men use to protect themselves against prostate cancer. Data were collected via a telephone or mailed survey from 353 men enrolled in two studies of prostate cancer screening. Respondents reported behaviors they used to protect themselves against prostate cancer, and responses were coded as conventional care, self-care, or nothing. Men who reported using both conventional care and self-care were categorized as conventional care users. Polytomous logistic regression was conducted to evaluate the association between sociodemographic background, prior prostate screening, and cognitive, affective, and social support and influence factors with protective behavior type. The distribution of protective behaviors was as follows: conventional care, 63%; self-care only, 19%; and nothing, 18%. In multivariable analyses, higher education level was found to be positively associated with conventional care use. Perceived salience and coherence of prostate cancer screening was positively associated with conventional care use among men in one of the two studies. Low concern about screening was positively associated with self-care use, as was mailed survey completion. This study presents self-report data regarding prostate cancer protection behaviors. Most men in the study reported using some type of prostate cancer protective behavior. Decision-making about whether or not to take protective action and what type of behavior to use may be influenced by socioeconomic background, cognitive perceptions related to behavioral options, and concern about risk.
ISSN:1055-9965
1538-7755
DOI:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-010-3