Ajape Abdulwahab Akanbi, Babata AbdulLateef, Abiola Olusegun Olajide
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Nig Q J Hosp Med. 2010 Apr-Jun;20(2):94-6. doi: 10.4314/nqjhm.v20i2.58044.
Cancer of the prostate a worldwide public health concern. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and ranked second as the cause of cancer-related deaths.
To evaluate the awareness and attitude of the populace to screening for cancer of the prostate.
It is a cross-sectional study involving 156 respondents. A structured questionnaire detailing the biodata, the knowledge of cancer of prostate, the practice of screening by prostate specific antigen (PSA) estimation and the readiness to undergo screening by the respondent was used to obtain the set-out objectives.
A total of 156 respondents completed the questionnaire and forms the basis of further analysis. The mean age of the respondents is 44.15 (+/- 11.9) years. Majority of the respondents were civil servant (51.9%) followed closely by politicians. About 23.1% of them have no formal education while 53.8% have acquired tertiary education. The result shows that 78.8% have never heard any information on cancer of the prostate and only 5.8% have heard about PSA. None of the respondents have ever had PSA test done, even once. Eighty four per cent of the respondents are ready to pay for prostate cancer screening test by PSA assay.
We conclude that there was remarkable lack of awareness of prostate cancer among the Nigerian native African urban populace. Prostate cancer screening and serum PSA test for screening is globally unknown among them.
前列腺癌是一个全球公共卫生问题。它是男性中最常被诊断出的癌症，在癌症相关死亡原因中排名第二。
评估民众对前列腺癌筛查的知晓度和态度。
这是一项横断面研究，涉及156名受访者。使用一份结构化问卷来获取既定目标，该问卷详细列出了生物数据、前列腺癌知识、通过前列腺特异性抗原（PSA）检测进行筛查的情况以及受访者接受筛查的意愿。
共有156名受访者完成了问卷，构成了进一步分析的基础。受访者的平均年龄为44.15（±11.9）岁。大多数受访者是公务员（51.9%），其次是政治家。约23.1%的人没有接受过正规教育，而53.8%的人接受过高等教育。结果显示，78.8%的人从未听说过任何关于前列腺癌的信息，只有5.8%的人听说过PSA。没有一位受访者做过PSA检测，哪怕一次。84%的受访者愿意为通过PSA检测进行的前列腺癌筛查付费。
我们得出结论，尼日利亚本土非洲城市民众对前列腺癌的知晓度明显不足。他们对前列腺癌筛查和用于筛查的血清PSA检测普遍不了解。
