Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants
From: Do men regret prostate biopsy: Results from the PiCTure study
Frequency | |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Total | 335 (100.0) |
Socio-demographic variables | |
Age at questionnaire completion | |
< 65 years | 192 (57.3) |
≥ 65 years | 140 (41.8) |
Missing | 3 (0.9) |
Marital status | |
Married/partnership | 254 (75.8) |
Other | 80 (23.9) |
Missing | 1 (0.3) |
Highest education level completed | |
Primary/ secondary school | 250 (74.6) |
Third level | 78 (23.3) |
Missing | 7 (2.1) |
Employment status | |
Working | 128 (38.4) |
Retired | 130 (38.8) |
Other | 66 (19.7) |
Missing | 11 (3.3) |
Health anxiety | |
Low | 112 (33.4) |
Intermediate | 148 (44.2) |
High | 74 (22.1) |
Missing | 1 (0.3) |
Clinical variables | |
Given choice of first PSA | |
Yes | 243 (72.5) |
No | 63 (18.8) |
Missing | 29 (8.7) |
Pre-biopsy symptoms | |
Incontinence | |
None/mild | 244 (72.8) |
Moderate/severe | 53 (15.8) |
Missing | 38 (11.3) |
Erectile dysfunction | |
None/mild | 239 (71.3) |
Moderate/severe | 75 (22.4) |
Missing | 21 (6.3) |
Symptoms at time of PSA test | |
Asymptomatic | 188 (56.1) |
Symptomatic | 119 (35.5) |
Other/Missing | 28 (8.4) |
Enough information pre-biopsy | |
Yes received enough | 270 (80.6) |
Yes but would have liked more | 25 (7.5) |
No but did not want/need any | 6 (1.8) |
No but would have liked some | 13 (3.9) |
Missing | 21 (6.3) |
Biopsy result | |
Negative | 109 (32.5) |
Positive | 118 (35.2) |
Don’t know | 108 (32.2) |
Expectations of side-effects | |
Same as expected | 117 (34.9) |
Worse than expected | 46 (13.7) |
Not as bad as expected | 62 (18.5) |
Did not have side-effects | 97 (29.0) |
Missing | 13 (3.9) |
Number of previous biopsies (including most recent biopsy) | |
One | 234 (69.9) |
More than one | 83 (24.8) |
Missing | 18 (5.4) |
Physical Side-effects from biopsy | |
Any side-effectZa | |
Yes | 295 (88.1) |
No | 38 (11.3) |
Missing | 2 (0.6) |