Is social support from family associated with PSA testing? An exploratory analysis using the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 2005.
African American and White men have the highest rates of prostate cancer in the United States. Families represent important social contexts within which illness occurs.The purpose of this study is to explore whether prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is associated with instrumental and informational social support from family members among a sample of Black and White men aged 45 and older. Data from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey were analyzed using logistic regression. The dependent variable was having a PSA test within the past year or less. The independent variables consisted of selected demographic and family informational and instrumental social support variables. The statistically significant variables included age and having a family member with cancer. Additional studies to elucidate the mechanisms of social support from family for prostate cancer are needed.
Thomas
Kamilah B
KB
Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior, Division of Population Sciences, Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Community and Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 3361, USA. kthomas2@health.usf.edu
Simpson
Sean L
SL
Tarver
Will L
WL
Gwede
Clement K
CK
D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003657:Decision Making; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D006266:Health Education; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American
D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen