title: Examining risk perception among men with a family history of prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper explores factors that influence the formulation of risk perception among men with a family history of prostate cancer who are currently attending a prostate cancer screening clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured interviews were conducted with fifteen participants. Interview transcripts were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following themes were identified: Risk Information Pathways, Experience with Other Prostate Disease, Exposure to Prostate Cancer Screening, Exposure to Affected Relatives, Lifestyle Factors, Illness Beliefs, and Health-Based Risk Comparisons.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the contributors to risk perception and applying this knowledge during screening visits and genetic counselling may help to reduce risk distortion and result in increased adherence to screening programs and reduced psychological distress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prostate cancer screening should incorporate counselling to address patient-specific risk concepts in order to increase the accuracy and maintain the stability of risk perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Urology, Princess Margaret Hospital/University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. Andrew.matthew@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Matthew
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: Kristen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finelli
authors.forename: Mary-Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: Lianne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trachtenberg
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shuman
authors.forename: Sheri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horsburgh
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chitayat
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trachtenberg
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ritvo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003376:Counseling; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors