Rao Adithya G, Dkhar Winniecia, Sharath S, Kadavigere Rajagopal, Pradhan Abhimanyu, Barnes Neil Abraham
Department of Medical Imaging Technology, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Department of Radio Diagnosis and Imaging, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2025 May 30;14:211. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1093_24. eCollection 2025.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of men toward prostate cancer screening.
A cross-sectional study was conducted over 15 months over three phases. Phase I recruited 15 participants through face-to-face interviews using a purposive sampling approach. Phase II involved the development of a questionnaire with the assistance of a panel of radiology and oncology experts. The questionnaire was validated for reliability using intraclass correlation, inter-rater reliability via Cohen's kappa, and internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha in Phase III. A convenience sampling method was used to select 60 study participants.
The content validity and internal consistency reliability of the final tool were found to be reliable with a Cronbach's alpha score of 0.77 with more than 90% agreement.
This tool will aid in identifying areas of knowledge gap and raise public awareness of the importance of preventing and detecting prostate cancer.
前列腺癌是男性中最常见的癌症。本研究旨在评估男性对前列腺癌筛查的知识、态度和行为。
一项横断面研究在三个阶段进行了15个月。第一阶段通过目的抽样法进行面对面访谈招募了15名参与者。第二阶段在放射学和肿瘤学专家小组的协助下编制了一份问卷。在第三阶段，使用组内相关系数对问卷的信度进行验证，通过科恩kappa系数评估评分者间信度，并使用克朗巴赫α系数评估内部一致性。采用便利抽样法选取60名研究参与者。
最终工具的内容效度和内部一致性信度被发现是可靠的，克朗巴赫α系数得分为0.77，一致性超过90%。
该工具将有助于识别知识差距领域，并提高公众对预防和检测前列腺癌重要性的认识。
