Attitude Toward Prostate Cancer Screening in Hong Kong: The Importance of Perceived Consequence and Anticipated Regret.

ABSTRACT: There are long-standing debates about the benefits of prostate cancer screening. Conflicting trial results and inconsistent recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening in clinical guidelines highlight the importance of patient factors that influence decision making in prostate cancer screening. Attitude is an important factor associated with cancer screening. However, attitudes toward prostate cancer screening among Chinese men are still poorly understood. The objective of the study was to evaluate attitudes toward prostate cancer screening and their association with prostate cancer screening intention among Chinese men. In this community-based study, 340 males were randomly recruited. Three distinct concepts related to prostate cancer screening attitudes were evaluated, including

SUBMITTER: Choi EPH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature