Exploring prostate cancer screening among men in Accra using the health belief model.

Ghana medical journal Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.4314/gmj.v57i3.10

Isaac M Boafo, Peace M Tetteh, Rosemond A Hiadzi

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the prevalence of prostate cancer screening among Ghanaian men and interrogate why some individuals screen for the disease and others do not.

Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey based on the Health Belief Model was used to collect data from 356 men aged 40 years and above. Data were collected between February and March 2021.

Setting: The study was conducted in the Accra metropolitan area of the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

Participants: Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants for the study.

Results: Although 86% of the respondents had heard about prostate cancer, only 23% had ever screened for it. Logistic regression analysis suggested that knowledge of the disease (OR = 1.19, CI 95% = 1.03 -1.38) and barriers to screening (OR = .87, CI 95% = .83 -.91) were statistically significant predictors of screening behaviour.

Conclusion: HBM has limited predictive power as far as our study is concerned. We suggest increasing public education on prostate cancer and its screening methods. The cost of screening should also be made more affordable so as not to become a barrier.

Funding: None declared.

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利用健康信念模型探索阿克拉男性前列腺癌筛查。

目的探讨加纳男性前列腺癌筛查的普及率，并探究为什么有些人会进行前列腺癌筛查，而有些人则不会：设计：采用基于健康信念模型的横断面问卷调查，收集 356 名 40 岁及以上男性的数据。数据收集时间为 2021 年 2 月至 3 月：研究在加纳大阿克拉地区的阿克拉大都会区进行：研究采用便利抽样法招募参与者：尽管 86% 的受访者听说过前列腺癌，但只有 23% 的受访者接受过前列腺癌筛查。逻辑回归分析表明，疾病知识（OR = 1.19，CI 95% = 1.03 -1.38）和筛查障碍（OR = 0.87，CI 95% = 0.83 -0.91）对筛查行为的预测具有统计学意义：结论：就我们的研究而言，HBM 的预测能力有限。我们建议加强有关前列腺癌及其筛查方法的公众教育。我们建议加强有关前列腺癌及其筛查方法的公众教育，并提高筛查费用的可负担性，以免成为筛查障碍：未声明。

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Ghana medical journal

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