Table 4 Frequency of PSA screening by gender and location of practice for patients aged 40 to 69 (a) and patients aged 50 to 59 (b)
From: Prostate cancer screening in Primary Health Care: the current state of affairs
Every year | Every 2 years | Every 5 years | Would not recommend | P value | Other/not answered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4(a) | ||||||
In patients aged 40 to 69: | ||||||
Setting | ||||||
Metro GP (%) | 35 (49.3) | 15 (21.1) | 7 (9.9) | 14 (19.7) | 0.006 | 22 |
Rural GP (%) | 7 (18.4) | 14 (36.8) | 4 (10.5) | 13 (34.2) | 17 | |
Gender | ||||||
Female GP (%) | 10 (30.3) | 9 (27.3) | 7 (21.2) | 7 (21.2) | 0.434 | 10 |
Male GP (%) | 31 (41.9) | 19 (25.7) | 4 (5.4) | 20 (27.0) | 28 | |
4(b) | ||||||
In patients aged 50 to 59: | ||||||
Setting | ||||||
Metro GP (%) | 48 (64.0) | 17 (22.7) | 3 (4.0) | 7 (9.3) | 0.002 | 18 |
Rural GP (%) | 16 (36.4) | 15 (34.1) | 2 (4.6) | 11 (25.0) | 11 | |
Gender | ||||||
Female GP (%) | 18 (52.9) | 8 (23.5) | 4 (11.8) | 4 (11.8) | 0.942 | 9 |
Male GP (%) | 44 (53.0) | 24 (28.9) | 1 (1.2) | 14 (16.9) | 19 | |