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Table 2 Demographic and clinical data of patients who underwent TRUS-Bx regarding the pathology results

From: The effect of health literacy on patient compliance in patients to whom prostate biopsies were recommended

 

Benign

N = 31

n %

Malign

N = 21

n %

p

Age (years) (mean ± SD)

65.19 ± 6.58

69.95 ± 5.33

0.010

PSA (ng/mL) (median)

7.7*

16*

0.014

Prostate volume (cc) (mean ± SD)

68.81 ± 32.65

47.00 ± 22.86

0.003

PSA Density (median)

0.11*

0.31*

< 0.001

DRE

Benign

Malign

27 (87.1)

4 (12.9)

8 (38.1)

13 (61.9)

0.001

Education level

Primary school

Secondary school

High-school

Undergraduate

8 (25.8)

6 (19.4)

11 (35.5)

6 (19.4)

6 (28.6)

3 (14.3)

4 [19]

8 (38.1)

0.387

Area type

Village

Town

District

Province

3 (9.7)

13 (41.9)

7 (22.6)

8 (25.8)

5 (25)

4 [20]

3 [15]

8 (40)

0.194

HLS-TR-Q47 (mean ± SD)

19.73 ± 4.86

23.93 ± 75.97

0.007

THLS-32 (mean ± SD)

28.70 ± 7.30

36.46 ± 5.410

< 0.001

  1. (*=median, TRUS-Bx: Transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy, PSA: prostate-specific antigen, DRE: Digital rectal examination, HLS-TR-Q47: Health Literacy Survey-Turkey- Questionnaire 47, THLS-32: Turkish Health Literacy-32)