Faculty Articles

Fear and Susceptibility to Prostate Cancer as Predictors of Prostate Cancer Screening Among Haitian-American Men

ORCID

Jo Ann Kleier 0000-0003-2153-942X

Publisher

Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates

ISSN

1053-816X

Publication Date

May 2010

Keywords

Prostate cancer, fear of prostate cancer, susceptibility to prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening

Abstract

Survey data were collected from 143 consenting Haitian-American men to (1) examine if perceived susceptibility to prostate cancer was congruent with the objectively measured disease risk, (2) test the relationship of perceived susceptibility and fear, and (3) examine these constructs for their predictive relationships to screening behavior. Perceived susceptibility was highly correlated (p < 0.05) to fear and screening behavior. Perception of risk was much lower than actual risk. Fear was not predictive of either ever having been screened (p = 0.81) or planning to be screened (p = 0.85).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7257/1053-816x.2010.30.3.179

Volume

30

Issue

3

First Page

179

Last Page

188

Funding Information

This study was supported by a grant made available by the Society Urologic Nurses and Associates.

PubMed ID

20648855

Disciplines

Nursing

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