Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Bivariate Analysis of PSA Screening (n = 132).
| Variable | Level | n (%) | Ever PSA |
Annual PSA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Yes | χ2 | % Yes | χ2 | |||
| Age | Screened, mean (SD) | Mean = 57 | 57.7 (4.9) | −2.10(t) | 58.2 (5.2) | −1.03(t) |
| Not screened, mean (SD) | SD = 5.0 | 55.8 (5.1) | 57.1 (4.4) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 28 (21%) | 75% | 1.98 | 57% | 0.00 |
| Not married | 104 (79%) | 60% | 57% | |||
| Education level | ≥Some college | 65 (49%) | 74% | 5.77* | 58% | 0.06 |
| ≤High school | 67 (51%) | 54% | 56% | |||
| Employment status | Employed | 36 (27%) | 75% | 2.72† | 41% | 4.37* |
| Not employed | 96 (73%) | 59% | 65% | |||
| Income level | >$20,000 | 71 (55%) | 77% | 13.9*** | 56% | 0.06 |
| ≤$20,000 | 59 (45%) | 46% | 59% | |||
| Health insurance | Yes | 93 (70%) | 67% | 1.25 | 67% | 10.86** |
| No | 39 (30%) | 56% | 27% | |||
| HCP communication about PSA | Yes | 89 (69%) | 79% | 28.2*** | 57% | 0.21 |
| No | 40 (31%) | 30% | 50% | |||
| Knowledge about PC screening recommendation | Correct | 48 (36%) | 54% | 2.92† | 50% | 0.78 |
| Incorrect | 84 (64%) | 69% | 60% | |||
| Exposure to PC information | A fair amount/a lot | 97 (73%) | 70% | 6.61** | 62% | 3.11† |
| Almost nothing | 35 (27%) | 46% | 38% | |||
| Perceived risk of PC | Higher/much higher risk | 37 (28%) | 59% | 0.29 | 64% | 0.49 |
| Same/lower risk | 93 (72%) | 64% | 55% | |||
| Control over PC | Moderate amount/a lot | 70 (54%) | 64% | 0.01 | 51% | 1.22 |
| A little/none at all | 60 (46%) | 63% | 63% | |||
| Thoughts about PC | Moderate amount/a lot | 31 (23%) | 64% | 0.01 | 50% | 0.55 |
| A little/not at all | 101 (77%) | 63% | 59% | |||
| Future temporal orientation | Screened, mean (SD) | Mean = 3.3 | 14.2 (1.8) | 1.80†(t) | 3.2 (0.61) | 1.58(t) |
| Not screened, mean (SD) | SD = 0.60 | 14.8 (1.7) | 3.4 (0.49) | |||
| Collective efficacy | Screened, mean (SD) | Mean = 14.5 | 3.3 (0.57) | −0.11(t) | 14.5 (1.6) | −1.41(t) |
| Not screened, mean (SD) | SD = 1.8 | 3.3 (0.62) | 13.9 (2.1) | |||
Note. PSA = prostate-specific antigen; SD = standard deviation; HCP = health care provider; PC = prostate cancer.
†
p < .10. *p < .05.