Table 1

Primary Care Physician Behaviors in Provision of Information Around Prostate Cancer or Prostate Cancer Screening: 16 Coded Items

Provision of Information	Overall (N=118) %	Control (n=57) %	Intervention (n=61) %
Discusses incidence or prevalence of prostate cancer	44	46	41
Discusses risk factors for prostate cancer	45	37	53
Discusses natural history of prostate cancer	53	51	54
Discusses mortality of prostate cancer	61	53	69
Discusses controversies of PCS	49	39	60
Discusses benefits of PSA testing	87	88	87
Discusses problems with accuracy of PCS	91	88	93
Discusses other drawbacks of PSA testing^a	70	60	80
Mentions no screening as an alternative^a	45	26	63
Mentions rectal examination as an alternative	87	93	83
Discusses benefits of rectal examination	58	63	54
Discusses drawbacks of rectal examination	34	32	36
Discusses benefits of watchful waiting/no screening	31	21	41
Discusses drawbacks of watchful waiting/no screening	31	32	30
Informs next steps after abnormal PSA test	78	70	85
Informs next steps after normal PSA test	24	26	22

PCS=prostate cancer screening; PSA=prostate-specific antigen.
Note: Percentage of physicians who provided information about prostate cancer or prostate cancer screening at least once during an unannounced standardized patient visit.
↵a P <.05.