title: Knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians regarding prostate cancer screening.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report the results of a questionnaire administered to primary care physicians to determine their baseline knowledge of prostate cancer and their attitudes on prostate cancer screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 27-item questionnaire designed to assess prostate cancer knowledge and screening attitudes was administered to primary care physicians in Duval and Alachua counties. Completed surveys were returned, entered into the master database and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean initial knowledge score was 66%. In multivariate regression analysis, there were no covariates independently associated with knowledge scores. In multivariate regression analysis, there were no covariates independently associated with attitude scores. Lastly, knowledge scores were not associated with attitude scores (p=0.85).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings imply that physicians' knowledge is not an important predictor of their screening behavior. Thus, this study raises the possibility that factors other than educational programs must be assessed as a means to increase screening in specific communities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, The University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32610, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pendleton
authors.forename: Robert Whit
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaserian
authors.forename: Myron
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anal
authors.forename: Kogenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Phillip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abdoush
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rosser
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D005431:Florida; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010821:Physicians, Family; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen