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bladder cancer leading cause death among chinese male populations recent years health locus control construct mediate health status outcomes proven helpful predicting explaining specific healthrelated behaviors however never used investigate health beliefs bladder cancer prevention treatment study aimed classify male patients different latent groups according beliefs bladder cancer prevention treatment identify associated factors provide implications delivery tailored education interventions administration targeted prevention treatment first designed foursection questionnaire solicit data section 1age gender education section 2the communicative subscale aspects health literacy scale section 3the ehealth literacy scale section 4health beliefs bladder cancer prevention treatment measured multidimensional health locus control scale form c hypothesized participants health beliefs bladder cancer prevention treatment measured section 4 could closely associated information collected sections 1 3 recruited 718 chinese male patients qilu hospital shandong university china invited participate webbased questionnaire survey finally used latent class analysis identify subgroups men based categorical responses items multidimensional health locus control scale form c ascertained factors contributing low selfefficacy group identified identified 2 subgroups defined low moderate selfefficacy groups representing 758 544718 242 174718 total sample respectively men low selfefficacy cluster cluster 1 544718 758 less likely believe capability doctors advice achieve optimal outcomes bladder cancer prevention treatment men moderate selfefficacy cluster cluster 2 174718 242 distinct psychological traits stronger beliefs capability manage health regard bladder cancer prevention treatment moderate high levels trust health medical professionals advice achieve better prevention treatment outcomes four factors contributing low selfefficacy identified including limited education year 6 year 12 aged 44 years limited communicative health literacy limited digital health literacy first study investigating beliefs bladder cancer prevention treatment among chinese male patients given bladder cancer represents leading cause death among chinese male populations recent years low selfefficacy cluster associated contributing factors identified study provide implications clinical practice health education medical research health policymaking