Association between the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and social disparities: Does social capital promote prostate health?

• Published in: Andrologia Vol. 50; no. 10; pp. e13125 - n/a
• Main Authors: Park, Myung‐Bae, Hyun, Dae Sung, Song, Jae Mann, Chung, Hyun Chul, Kwon, Sung Won, Kim, Sae Chul, Ranabhat, Chhabi Lal, Lee, Tae Sic, Koh, Sang‐Baek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Benign; benign prostatic hyperplasia; community health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Health Status Disparities; Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hyperplasia; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Prostate; Prostate - pathology; Prostatic Hyperplasia - diagnosis; Prostatic Hyperplasia - epidemiology; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Social Capital; social disparities; Socioeconomic Factors; the International Prostate Symptom Score; Young Adult; Republic of Korea; social capital; social disparities; community health; the International Prostate Symptom Score; benign prostatic hyperplasia
• ISSN: 0303-4569; 1439-0272
• DOI: 10.1111/and.13125

This cross‐sectional study investigated the relationships between socioeconomic factors and social capital and benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms. The participants were 100,000 adult men who participated in the Korea Community Health Survey. The surveyors used the International Prostate Symptom Score. As regards occupation, the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia was higher in men with blue‐collar occupations or those who were unemployed than in those with white‐collar jobs. In terms of marital status, the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia was 1.319 times higher among divorced men than married men. As regards social capital, the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia in men with positive attitudes towards one's community scores that reflected good, poor and very poor community scores was 1.228, 1.246 and 1.447 times higher than that of men who had very good scores respectively. The groups with good, poor, and very poor community participation scores had 1.115, 1.202 and 1.364 times higher prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia than the group with very good scores. Social disparities and social capital of a community were associated with the prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Thus, the use of social capital in the community setting will be effective in the management of the condition.