Table 9.
Questions on guidelines and recommendations II by general practitioners and urologists
| Question | Categories | GPs | Urologists | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median | 1st Quartile | 3rd Quartile | n | Mean (SD) | Median | 1st Quartile | 3rd Quartile | n | ||
| If yes (you are aware of the guidelines and study recommendations/results), do you consider them in your daily practice regarding PSA testing? | DEGAM recommendations | 56.6 (31.4) | 57.0 | 40.0 | 83.8 | 40 | 11.8 (15.6) | 5.0 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 11 |
| German S3 guideline | 38.7 (28.9) | 37.5 | 13.3 | 57.0 | 40 | 94.9 (7.7) | 96.0 | 91.8 | 101.0 | 14 | |
| EAU guidelines | 20.3 (22.5) | 7.0 | 2.0 | 46.0 | 23 | 64.8 (35.9) | 73.5 | 26.5 | 101.0 | 14 | |
| AUA recommendations | 12.3 (16.0) | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20.0 | 13 | 26.8 (28.5) | 20.5 | 1.8 | 47.5 | 14 | |
| NCCNguidelines | 12.6 (17.7) | 4.5 | 1.0 | 19.8 | 10 | 13.1 (12.3) | 6.0 | 1.0 | 27.0 | 11 | |
| ACS guidelines | 14.5 (17.7) | 6.5 | 5.0 | 18.5 | 14 | 21.3 (25.8) | 19.0 | 1.8 | 27.8 | 10 | |
| USPSTF recommendations | 14.8 (18.8) | 8.5 | 1.8 | 21.5 | 10 | 13.4 (12.6) | 12.5 | 1.0 | 24.3 | 10 | |
| ERSPC | 14.7 (17.4) | 6.0 | 1.0 | 29.0 | 19 | 42.8 (35.0) | 34.5 | 12.8 | 73.8 | 12 | |
| PLCO | 14.9 (19.1) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37.0 | 11 | 10.8 (20.5) | 2.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 9 | |
Abbreviations: ACS, American Cancer Society; AUA, American Urological Association; EAU, European Association of Urology; DEGAM, German College of General Practice and Family Medicine; ERSPC, European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer; GPs, general practitioners; PLCO, Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; USPSTF, United States Preventive Services Task Force.