Vincenzo Mirone1, Ciro Imbimbo1, Davide Arcaniolo2, Marco Franco1, Roberto La Rocca1, Luca Venturino1, Lorenzo Spirito1, Massimiliano Creta3, Paolo Verze4. 1. Urology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Sciences of Reproduction and Odontostomatology, Università degli studi di Napoli "Federico II", Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. 2. Urology Unit, Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, Università degli studi della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy. 3. Urology Unit, Buon Consiglio Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Naples, Italy. 4. Urology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Sciences of Reproduction and Odontostomatology, Università degli studi di Napoli "Federico II", Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. pverze@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We aimed to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards prostate cancer (PCa) risk factors and prevention amongst men living in the southern Italian peninsula. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data collected during free preventive visits carried out by the Prevention and Research in Oncology (PRO) non-profit Foundation between July 2013 and July 2016. The following data were collected: demographic and clinical features, knowledge about PCa prevention and sources of knowledge, knowledge about PCa risk factors, previous prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, previous digital rectal examination (DRE), previous prostate ultrasound, and general attitudes towards DRE. RESULTS: The study population consisted of 2144 Caucasian men living in four regions in the south of Italy (Campania, Calabria, Molise, Puglia). Median age was 59 years. One thousand six hundred and ninety-nine (79.2%) subjects reported knowing the existence of PCa prevention programs. Most of them received information from the media while only 17.1% declared that the information on PCa prevention that they received was from their family physicians. One thousand two hundred seventy-five (59.5%) subjects declared knowing of the existence of PCa risk factors and 41.3% was aware of the existence of both genetic and exogenous factors. The percentage of subjects who reported having had at least one PSA test in their life was 77.8 and 55.4% reported having had a DRE. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge about PCa screening amongst male subjects living in southern peninsular Italy is quite high. Knowledge of PCa risk factors is suboptimal and the practice of DRE is underutilized.
PURPOSE: We aimed to explore the knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards prostate cancer (PCa) risk factors and prevention amongst men living in the southern Italian peninsula. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data collected during free preventive visits carried out by the Prevention and Research in Oncology (PRO) non-profit Foundation between July 2013 and July 2016. The following data were collected: demographic and clinical features, knowledge about PCa prevention and sources of knowledge, knowledge about PCa risk factors, previous prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, previous digital rectal examination (DRE), previous prostate ultrasound, and general attitudes towards DRE. RESULTS: The study population consisted of 2144 Caucasian men living in four regions in the south of Italy (Campania, Calabria, Molise, Puglia). Median age was 59 years. One thousand six hundred and ninety-nine (79.2%) subjects reported knowing the existence of PCa prevention programs. Most of them received information from the media while only 17.1% declared that the information on PCa prevention that they received was from their family physicians. One thousand two hundred seventy-five (59.5%) subjects declared knowing of the existence of PCa risk factors and 41.3% was aware of the existence of both genetic and exogenous factors. The percentage of subjects who reported having had at least one PSA test in their life was 77.8 and 55.4% reported having had a DRE. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge about PCa screening amongst male subjects living in southern peninsular Italy is quite high. Knowledge of PCa risk factors is suboptimal and the practice of DRE is underutilized.
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Digital rectal examination; Prostate cancer; Prostate-specific antigen; Screening
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