Table 3 General attitudes of GPs toward prostate cancer screening (n = 88a, n (%))
Question | Categories | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Would you recommend the PSA test to relatives? | Definitely not | 21 (25.0) |
Probably not | 31 (36.9) | |
Neutral | 28 (33.3) | |
Probably | 4 (4.8) | |
Definitely | 0 (0.0) | |
Have you ever undergone a PSA test? (men only) | Yes | 14 (22.6) |
No, but probably in the future | 4 (6.5) | |
No, I expect to never undergo one in the future | 44 (71.0) | |
How concerned are you to miss prostate cancer in a patient? | Not afraid at all | 3 (3.4) |
Not afraid | 34 (39.1) | |
Neutral | 41 (47.1) | |
Afraid | 9 (10.3) | |
Very afraid | 0 (0.0) | |
How important do you think screening for cancer is in general? | Very unimportant | 2 (2.3) |
Unimportant | 5 (5.7) | |
Neutral | 29 (33.3) | |
Important | 46 (52.9) | |
Very important | 5 (5.7) | |
How important do you think screening for prostate cancer is? | Very unimportant | 6 (6.9) |
Unimportant | 18 (20.7) | |
Neutral | 38 (43.7) | |
Important | 25 (28.7) | |
Very important | 0 (0.0) |