Awareness of Prostate Cancer among the Sportsmen in the Republic of Serbia
Table 4
Descriptive statistics—awareness index by sociodemography and habits and attitudes towards health.
Mean
Standard deviation
Age
20–30 years old
0.41
0.14
31–40 years old
0.48
0.15
41–50 years old
0.49
0.15
51–60 years old
0.53
0.13
61–70 years old
0.49
0.15
71 and older
0.48
0.17
Education level
Primary school
0.53
0.13
Secondary school
0.50
0.15
University
0.44
0.13
Frequency of visits to doctor
Once a year
0.49
0.14
2 to 3 times a year
0.40
0.12
3 to 5 times a year
0.48
0.14
More than 5 times a year
0.49
0.15
Do not visit
0.53
0.15
Reason of visits to doctor
Advice
0.49
0.13
Follow up
0.48
0.15
Yearly checkup
0.47
0.12
Source of information about disease
TV
0.61
0.25
Internet
0.44
0.17
Chosen doctor
0.48
0.13
Doctor specialist
0.49
0.14
Pharmacist
0.50
Friend
0.50
0.19
Perception of personal health
Great
0.47
0.12
Good
0.46
0.16
Satisfied
0.50
0.14
Poor
0.50
0.18
Furthermore, the results indicate that respondents are aware of prostate cancer at a medium level, regardless of their characteristics. The general mean score of the awareness index is 0.48.
