TURKISH ADAPTATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE

Capik C., GÖZÜM S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.14, sa.3, ss.253-258, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.253-258
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prostatic Neoplasms, Knowledge, Reproducibility of Results, Mass Screening, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, MEN
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Knowledge level of prostate cancer screening is a significant factor affecting participation to screening. There is no Turkish-language instrument for evaluating the knowledge level of prostate cancer screening. Therefore, there is a need for a suitable instrument about this subject. In this study it's planned to adopt the Knowledge About Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire to the Turkish language, and doing the analysis of its validity and the reliability in Turkish language.