title: Perceived risk and worry about prostate cancer: a proposed conceptual model.
abstract: Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer among American men, and worry about the disease has psychological, behavioral, and biological consequences. To better understand prostate cancer-specific worry, the authors tested a model of the interrelationships among family history of prostate cancer; perceived risk of and worry about prostate cancer; and perceived risk of and worry about other diseases. Men who attended prostate cancer-screening appointments at a general urology practice (n=209) were given a brief anonymous self-report measure. Structural equation modeling (LISREL) results indicated: (1) perceived risk of prostate cancer mediated the relationship between family history of prostate cancer and prostate cancer worry; (2) perceived risk of other diseases increased perceived risk of prostate cancer; and (3) prostate cancer worry and increased other disease worry.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Oncological Sciences, New York, NY 10029, USA. julie.schnur@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Julie B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Schnur
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: DiLorenzo
authors.forename: Guy H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erblich
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winkel
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Dana H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bovbjerg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors