Development of a reliable and valid questionnaire to test the prostate cancer knowledge of men with the disease

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-292

  Rees, Charlotte ^a   Abed, Reem ^b   Sheard, Charlotte ^c  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Prostate cancer; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242720750     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00243-4     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Secretary of State for Health. Saving lives: our healthier nation. London: The Stationery Office; 1999.
2. Dearnley D.P. Cancer of the prostate. Br. Med. J. 308:1994;780-784.
3. Cancer Information Strategy Team. Towards a cancer information strategy. Winchester: NHS Information Authority with the National Cancer Director; 2001.
4. Department of Health. The NHS Prostate Cancer Programme. http://www.doh.gov.uk/cancer/prostate.htm; 2000 (visited 25 January 2002).
5. Harrison-Woermke D.E., Graydon J.E. Perceived informational needs of breast cancer patients receiving radiation therapy after excisional biopsy and axillary node dissection. Cancer Nurs. 16:1993;449-455.
6. Michie S., Rosebert C., Heaversedge J., Madden S., Parbhoo S. The effects of different kinds of information on women attending an out-patient breast clinic. Psychol. Health Med. 1:1996;285-296.
7. Derdiarian A.K. Effects of information on recently diagnosed cancer patients' and spouses' satisfaction with care. Cancer Nurs. 12:1989;285-292.
8. Myers R.E., Chodak G.W., Wolf T.A., Burgh D.Y., McGrory G.T., Marcus S.M., et al. Adherence by African American men to prostate cancer education and early detection. Cancer. 86:1999;88-104.
9. Davison B.J., Kirk P., Degner L.F., Hassard T.H. Information and patient participation in screening for prostate cancer. Patient Educ. Counsel. 37:1999;255-263.
10. Echlin K.N., Rees C.E. Information needs and information-seeking behaviors of men with prostate cancer and their partners: a review of the literature. Cancer Nurs. 25:2002;35-41.
11. Price J.H., Colvin T.L., Smith D. Prostate cancer: perceptions of African-American males. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 85:1993;941-947.
12. Boehm S., Coleman-Burns P., Schlenk E.A., Funnell M.M., Parzuchowski J., Powell I.J. Prostate cancer in African American men: increasing knowledge and self-efficacy. J. Community Health Nurs. 12:1995;161-169.
13. Demark-Wahnefried W., Strigo T., Catoe K., Conaway M., Brunetti M., Rimer B.K., et al. Knowledge, beliefs, and prior screening behavior among blacks and whites reporting for prostate cancer screening. Urology. 46:1995;346-351.
14. Breslow R.A., Sorkin J.D., Frey C.M., Kessler L.G. Americans' knowledge of cancer risk and survival. Prev. Med. 26:1997;170-177.
15. Collins M. Increasing prostate cancer awareness in African American men. Oncol. Nurs. Forum. 24:1997;91-95.
16. Mercer S.L., Goel V., Levy I.G., Ashbury F.D., Iverson D.C., Iscoe N.A. Prostate cancer, screening in the midst of controversy: Canadian men's knowledge, beliefs, utilisation and future intentions. Can. J. Public Health. 88:1997;327-332.
17. Smith G.E., DeHaven M.J., Grundig J.P., Wilson G.R. African-American males and prostate cancer: assessing knowledge levels in the community. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 89:1997;387-391.
18. Abbott R.R., Taylor D.K., Barber K. A comparison of prostate knowledge of African American and Caucasian men: changes from prescreening baseline to postintervention. Cancer J. Sci. Am. 4:1998;175-177.
19. Brett T.D. Patients' attitudes to prostate cancer. Aust. Fam. Physician. 27(S2):1998;S84-S88.
20. Egawa S., Suyama K., Shitara T., Uchida T., Koshiba K. Public awareness and knowledge of prostate cancer in Japan: results of a survey at short-stay examination facilities. Int. J. Urol. 5:1998;146-151.
21. Weinrich S.P., Weinrich M.C., Boyd M.D., Atkinson C. The impact of prostate cancer knowledge on screening. Oncol. Nurs. Forum. 25:1998;527-534.
22. Jordan T.R., Price J.H., King K.A., Masyk T., Bedell A.W. The validity of male patients' self-reports regarding prostate cancer screening. Prev. Med. 28:1999;297-303.
23. List M.A., Sinner M., Chodak G.W. Improving knowledge about prostate cancer: the development of an educational program for African Americans. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2:1999;186-190.
24. O'Dell K.J., Volk R.J., Cass A.R., Spann S.J. Screening for prostate cancer with the Prostate-Specific Antigen Test. Are patients making informed decisions. J. Fam. Pract. 48:1999;682-688.
25. Miesfeldt S., Jones S.M., Cohn W., Lippert M., Haden K., Turner B.L., et al. Men's attitudes regarding genetic testing for hereditary prostate cancer risk. Urology. 55:2000;46-50.
26. Agho A.O., Lewis M.A. Correlates of actual and perceived knowledge of prostate cancer among African Americans. Cancer Nurs. 24:2001;165-171.
27. Ashford A.R., Albert S.M., Hoke G., Cushman L., Miller D.S., Bassett M. Prostate carcinoma knowledge, attitudes, and screening behavior among African-American men in central Harlem, New York City. Cancer. 91:2001;164-172.
28. Bland J.M., Altman D.G. Cronbach's alpha. Br. Med. J. 314:1997;571.
29. Kline P. Handbook of psychological testing. London: Routledge; 2000.
30. Bowling A. Measuring disease. Buckingham: Open University Press; 1995.
31. Conlisk E.A., Lengerich E.J., Demark-Wahnefried W., Schildkraut J.M., Aldrich T.E. Prostate cancer: demographic and behavioral correlates of stage at diagnosis among blacks and whites in North Carolina. Urology. 53:1999;1194-1199.
32. Rees C.E., Ford J.E., Sheard C.E. Patient information leaflets for prostate cancer: which leaflets should healthcare professionals recommend? Patient Educ. Counsel. 49:2003;263-272.
33. Edworthy S.M., Devins G.M., Watson M.M. The arthritis knowledge questionnaire - a test for measuring patient knowledge of arthritis and its self-management. Arthritis Rheum. 38:1995;590-600.
34. Jones S.C., Gallacher B., Lobo A.J., Axon A.T.R. A patient knowledge questionnaire in inflammatory bowel disease. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 17:1993;21-24.
35. Leon A.C., Marzuk P.M., Portera L. More reliable outcome measures can reduce sample size requirements. Arch. Gen. Psychiatr. 52:1997;867-871.
36. Stevens A, Lowe J. Pathology. London: Mosby; 2000.
37. Tabachnik BG, Fidell LS. Using multivariate statistics. New York: HarperCollins; 1996.