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Table 2 Means and correlations coefficients for the prostate cancer screening anxiety

From: Is a prostate cancer screening anxiety measure invariant across two different samples of age-appropriate men?

 

Means (SD)

Correlation Coefficients*

Total

Public Clinic

Private Clinic

Total

Public Clinic

Private Clinic

DRE

PCS-D

DRE

PCS-D

DRE

PCS-D

PCS anxiety total scale

20.15 (23.43)

23.95 (26.99)

18.25 (21.35)

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PSA anxiety subscale

17.62 (26.41)

18.65 (27.61)

17.11 (25.83)

.517

.682

.525

.790

.513

.618

DRE anxiety subscale

26.88 (29.85)

30.31 (33.21)

25.28 (27.97)

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.642

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.680

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.611

PCS-D anxiety subscale

15.95 (25.27)

22.13 (30.75)

12.84 (21.38)

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  1. *All Pearson correlation coefficients were significant at p ≤ 0.01 (1–tailed).
  2. Note. SD =standard deviation, PCS = prostate cancer screening, PSA = prostate–specific antigen test, DRE = digital rectal examination, PCS-D = prostate cancer screening decision.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

ISSN: 1472-6947

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