Open AccessChanges in the uptake of screening for prostate cancer with prostate-specific antigen in Ontario between 2003 to 2012
Author(s) -
Louis M Watson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian oncology nursing journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2368-8076
pISSN - 1181-912X
DOI - 10.5737/23688076302125132
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , demography , confidence interval , prostate cancer , prostate specific antigen , odds ratio , confounding , prostate cancer screening , population , gerontology , gynecology , cancer , environmental health , sociology
This study investigates change in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening uptake in Ontario among men 35 years of age and older, between 2003 and 2012. We identify factors related to PSA testing, and examine the degree to which age guidelines for PSA testing are being followed or if PSA screening is opportunistic in nature. The relationship of income, education and having a regular physician and an estimation of PSA testing prevalence in 2012 is also studied.