Objective: To determine the association between the level of knowledge, attitude, perception and factors demographic with the screening of prostate cancer in users older than 45 years attended in external office of the Urology Service Hospital health II Huánuco during the 2018. Materials and methods: observational, analytical, transversal and retrospective study. Simple random sampling was used, obtaining 424 males that met the selection criteria. For the interview was used a questionnaire organized in five parts, data demographic eight questions, screening of prostate cancer four questions with two closed and two open, knowledge fifteen questions with two options, perception fourteen Questions with two options and attitude fourteen multiple choice questions based on the Likert scale. The statistical program used was the SPSS15. Results: The mean age was 67.03 years, 70.03% had higher e...

Objective: To determine the association between the level of knowledge, attitude, perception and factors demographic with the screening of prostate cancer in users older than 45 years attended in external office of the Urology Service Hospital health II Huánuco during the 2018. Materials and methods: observational, analytical, transversal and retrospective study. Simple random sampling was used, obtaining 424 males that met the selection criteria. For the interview was used a questionnaire organized in five parts, data demographic eight questions, screening of prostate cancer four questions with two closed and two open, knowledge fifteen questions with two options, perception fourteen Questions with two options and attitude fourteen multiple choice questions based on the Likert scale. The statistical program used was the SPSS15. Results: The mean age was 67.03 years, 70.03% had higher e...

Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre el nivel de conocimiento, actitud, percepción y factores sociodemográficos con el tamizaje de cáncer de próstata en usuarios mayores de 45 años atendidos en consultorio externo del servicio de urología del hospital Essalud II Huánuco durante el 2018. Materiales y métodos: Estudio observacional, analítico, transversal y retrospectivo. Se usó muestreo aleatorio simple obteniéndose 424 varones que cumplieron los criterios de selección. Para la entrevista se usó un cuestionario organizado en cinco partes, datos sociodemográficos ocho preguntas, tamizaje de cáncer de próstata cuatro preguntas con dos cerradas y dos abiertas, conocimiento quince preguntas con dos opciones, percepción catorce preguntas con dos opciones y actitud catorce preguntas de opción múltiple basada en la escala de Likert. El programa estadístico usado fue el S...