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Determinants of prostate specific antigen screening test uptake in an urban community in North-Central Nigeria
Background: Despite the increasing incidence of Prostate cancer, there has not been any focused screening policy or strategy in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria.Objectives: To assess the level of awareness and uptake of PSA screening test and their determinants in a Nigerian community.Methods: A cross-sectional population survey of men with no prior history of prostate cancer was carried out. Logistic re- gression analysis was used to determine the effect of identified variables in predicting awareness and uptake of prostate cancer screening.Results: Mean age was 51.5±9.8 years; a few men (31, 16.9%) had ever heard of the screening test and most got the information from health centers. A low proportion (8, 4.4%) had taken the screening test. Men with incomes above poverty line (OR = 11.7 2.8–50.1, p = .001) or those with health insurance (OR = 2.7 1.2–6.5, p = .023) were significantly more likely to be aware of the test. Only the men with higher incomes (OR = 25.6 5.8–114.2, p = .0001) were significantly more likely to have taken the test.Conclusion: Higher incomes and health insurance status impact screening awareness but only income status determines if men subsequently proceed to take the PSA screening test.Keywords: Prostate cancer; PSA screening; sub-Saharan Africa; Nigeria
Determinants of prostate specific antigen screening test uptake in an urban community in North-Central Nigeria
Background: Despite the increasing incidence of Prostate cancer, there
has not been any focused screening policy or strategy in sub-Saharan
Africa including Nigeria. Objectives: To assess the level of awareness
and uptake of PSA screening test and their determinants in a Nigerian
community. Methods: A cross-sectional population survey of men with no
prior history of prostate cancer was carried out. Logistic regression
analysis was used to determine the effect of identified variables in
predicting awareness and uptake of prostate cancer screening. Results:
Mean age was 51.5\ub19.8 years; a few men (31, 16.9%) had ever heard
of the screening test and most got the information from health centers.
A low proportion (8, 4.4%) had taken the screening test. Men with
incomes above poverty line (OR = 11.7 2.8\u201350.1, p = .001) or
those with health insurance (OR = 2.7 1.2\u20136.5, p = .023) were
significantly more likely to be aware of the test. Only the men with
higher incomes (OR = 25.6 5.8\u2013114.2, p = .0001) were
significantly more likely to have taken the test. Conclusion: Higher
incomes and health insurance status impact screening awareness but only
income status determines if men subsequently proceed to take the PSA
screening test. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v19i1.42 Cite as:
Bello JO, Buhari T, Mohammed TO, Olanipekun HB, Egbuniwe AM, Fasiku OK,
et al. Determinants of prostate specific antigen screening test uptake
in an urban community in North-Central Nigeria. Afri Health Sci.
2019;19(1). 1665-1670. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ ahs. v19i1.4