Knowledge and attitudes of primary care physicians regarding prostate cancer screening.
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.
Pendleton
John
J
Division of Urology, The University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32610, USA.
Curry
Robert Whit
RW
Kaserian
Ali
A
Chang
Myron
M
Anal
Satoshi
S
Nakamura
Kogenta
K
Abdoush
Phillip
P
Rosser
Charles J
CJ
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
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen