Do men regret prostate biopsy: results from the PiCTure study

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dc.contributor.authorCoyle, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Eileen
dc.contributor.authorDrummond, Frances J.
dc.contributor.authorSharp, Linda
dc.contributor.authorGavin, Anna T.
dc.contributor.funderProstate Cancer UKen
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderPublic Health Agencyen
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-24T11:13:49Z
dc.date.available2019-09-24T11:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-26
dc.date.updated2019-09-19T13:35:18Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Understanding men’s experience of prostate biopsy is important as the procedure is common, invasive and carries potential risks. The psychological aspects of prostate biopsy have been somewhat neglected. The aim of this study was to explore the level of regret experienced by men after prostate biopsy and identify any associated factors. Methods: Men attending four clinics in Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland were given a questionnaire to explore their experience of prostate biopsy. Regret was measured on a Likert scale asking men how much they agreed with the statement “It [the biopsy] is something I regret.” Results: Three hundred thirty-five men responded to the survey. The mean age was 63 years (SD ±7 years). Three quarters of respondents (76%) were married or co-habiting, and (75%) finished education at primary or secondary school level. For just over two thirds of men (70%) their recent biopsy represented their first ever prostate biopsy. Approximately one third of men reported a diagnosis of cancer, one third a negative biopsy result, and the remaining third did not know their result. Two thirds of men reported intermediate or high health anxiety. 5.1% of men agreed or strongly agreed that they regretted the biopsy. Conclusions: Level of regret was low overall. Health anxiety was the only significant predictor of regret, with men with higher anxiety reporting higher levels of regret than men with low anxiety (OR = 3.04, 95% CI 1.58, 5.84). Men with high health anxiety may especially benefit from careful counselling before and after prostate biopsy.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid11en
dc.identifier.citationCoyle, C., Morgan, E., Drummond, F. J., Sharp, L. and Gavin, A. (2017) 'Do men regret prostate biopsy: Results from the PiCTure study', BMC Urology, 17, 11(6pp). doi: 10.1186/s12894-016-0194-yen
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12894-016-0194-yen
dc.identifier.endpage6en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2490
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMC Urologyen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8605
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden
dc.rights© 2017, the Author(s). Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectProstateen
dc.subjectBiopsyen
dc.subjectRegreten
dc.subjectDecisional regreten
dc.subjectCanceren
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.titleDo men regret prostate biopsy: results from the PiCTure studyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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