Perspectives and Misconceptions of an Online Adult Male Cohort Regarding Prostate Cancer Screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Congruent with most guideline publishers, the Canadian Urological Association (CUA) recommends shared decision-making (SDM) on PSA screening (PSAS) for prostate cancer (PCa) following a discussion of its benefits and harms. However, there are limited data on how the general male population feels about these topics.

Methods

A survey was completed by 906 male-identifying participants (age > 18) recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), which is a crowdsourcing platform providing minimal compensation. Participants answered questions regarding demographics (15), personal/family history (9), PCa/PSA knowledge (41), and opinions regarding PSAS (45).

Results

The median age was 38.2 (SD = 12.0), with 22% reporting a family history of PCa and 20% reporting per

SUBMITTER: Sheetz T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11506613 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature