title: Barriers related to screening examinations for prostate cancer.
abstract: With the aim of describing barriers to screening for prostate cancer, a domicile survey was carried out covering 160 men of a Family Health Strategy (FHS) area. Slightly over half had undergone the examination. Regarding beliefs related to the disease, 95% of the men believed there is a cure if detected early, 29.4% mentioned the possibility of a normal life while ill, 56.3% believed it may be asymptomatic, 36.1% agreed/disagreed that the treatment is worse than the disease and 34.4% agreed that the examination affects masculinity and that if you are well it is not necessary to perform it. Regarding barriers, 15% reported that the physician had never requested it, 10.9% did not consider it important and 16.9% were afraid to take the examination. While not the sole determinant, the dissemination of adequate knowledge regarding the examination can constitute a key strategy for the formation of a positive attitude in relation to early detection.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. elenirbolpato@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Elenir Pereira de
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.forename: Maria Catarina Salvador da
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Motta
authors.forename: Rosane Harter
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Griep
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires