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KMID : 1001020130110020077
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Korean Journal of Urological Oncology
2013 Volume.11 No. 2 p.77 ~ p.88
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Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsies
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Kim Jong-Keun
Bang Woo-Jin
Oh Cheol-Young
Yoo Chang-Hee
Cho Jin-Seon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to improve prostate biopsy compliance by analyzing factors that influenced the acceptance of prostate biopsies.
Materials and Methods: When a prostate biopsy was accepted by men who had prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≥2.5 ng/ml or with abnormal digital rectal examination. The questionnaire consisted of 9 questions about the subjects’ demographic characteristics, 15 questions for assessing their knowledge of prostate and 8 questions about the factors influencing their acceptance of a prostate biopsy.
Results: The subjects of this study were 188 patents who accepted the prostate biopsy and completed the questionnaire in 2011. The mean age was 66 years. The distribution of factors influencing the patient acceptance of the prostate biopsy was 66.0 percent for ’the thought that the biopsy would help me maintain my health,’ 63.4 percent for ’a doctor’s advice for the biopsy,’ and 48.2 percent for ’the level of prostate-specific antigen tested.’ The greater influence on the patient acceptance of the prostate biopsy was associated with the lower income levels of subjects when they responded with ’uncomfortableness with urinating’ or ’my family’s or acquaintance’s recommendation for the biopsy’ and married patients showed a higher acceptability of the biopsy when there was any ’previous experience with medical examinations due to different disease.’
Conclusions: The patient acceptance of biopsies can be influenced by patients’ demographic characteristics, and therefore when a prostate biopsy is explained to patients, their demographic characteristics should be taken into consideration.
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KEYWORD
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Prostatic neoplasms, Compliance, Demography
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