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. 2025 May 30:14:211.
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1093_24. eCollection 2025.

Development and validation of a tool to assess the knowledge, awareness, and practice toward the screening of prostate cancer among adult men

Adithya G Rao  1 , Winniecia Dkhar  1 , S Sharath  1 , Rajagopal Kadavigere  2 , Abhimanyu Pradhan  1 , Neil Abraham Barnes  1
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Development and validation of a tool to assess the knowledge, awareness, and practice toward the screening of prostate cancer among adult men

Adithya G Rao et al. J Educ Health Promot. .

Abstract

Background: 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.

Materials and method: 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.

Result: 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.

Conclusion: This tool will aid in identifying areas of knowledge gap and raise public awareness of the importance of preventing and detecting prostate cancer.

Keywords: Awareness; knowledge; prostate cancer; screening.

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