Background: Childhood urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most important factors affecting adult health. Aim: The study was a cross-sectional investigation to identify the prevalence of UTI and its risk factors. Methods: The study included 2,511 6–8th grade elementary school students. Data were collected by questionnaire form and medical diagnosis. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: 7.1% of all participating students had UTI (10.1% girls, 4.2% boys). Students with a family history of UTI had a 3.763-fold risk of developing UTI (p < 0.05) compared to those without. Students who drank <1 liter of water daily had a 1.077 times higher risk of having the infection than those who drank >1 liter of water daily (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Students drinking an inadequate amount of water and having a family history had a high prevalence of UTI.
Objective:The present study was conducted to determine the knowledge and attitudes of female students, who have just started to attend university, about breast cancer, self breast examination and healthy life style behaviours.
Materials and Methods:This descriptive study consisted of 384 female university students who started to attend Erciyes University in the 2009-2010 academic year. Three hundred and thirty one women were included in the study. Data were collected with an Individual Information Form including questions regarding socio-demographic characteristics, with a Questionnaire Form to determine knowledge and attitudes of women about breast cancer and self breast examination and with a Health Promoting Life Style Profile Scale (HPLP-II) to determine healthy life style behaviours. Data were analyzed with mean and percentage values, Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H tests on SPSS version 17.0 package program.
Results:The mean age of the women was 19.37±1.3 (min-max) years. It was determined that the majority of women had inadequate knowledge about symptoms of breast cancer, the population at risk and how to do the self breast examination. Of the women, 13.3% did self breast examination. Women who knew women with breast cancer carried out significantly more self breast examinations (p<0.05). The total scores of HPLP-II Scale of women were significantly different between knowledge about breast cancer and knowing the importance of early diagnosis in breast cancer (p<0.05).
Conclusion:As a consequence, it may be concluded that educating women about breast cancer and self breast examination at younger ages is important in order to achieve early detection of breast cancer, which is common among women. ÖZET Amaç: Bu çalışma üniversiteye yeni başlayan kadın öğrencilerin, meme kanseri ve kendi kendine meme muayenesi (KKMM) konusunda bilgi ve tutumları ile sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını belirlemek amacı ile yapılmıştır. Yöntem ve Gereçler: Tanımlayıcı olarak yapılan bu araştırmanın evrenini 2009-2010 döneminde, Erciyes Üniversitesi'ne başlayan 384 kadın öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada 331 kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Verilerin toplanma aracı olarak; sosyo-demografik özellikleri tanımlayıcı "Kişisel Bilgi Formu", Meme kanseri ve KKMM konularındaki bilgi ve tutumlarını belirleyici "Soru Formu" ve sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışlarını belirleyici "Health Promoting Life Style Profıle Scale" (HPLP-II) kullanılmıştır. Veriler SPSS 17,0 paket programında ortalama, yüzde, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Kadınların yaş ortalaması 19,37±1,3'dir (Min 17-Max 32).Genç kadınların büyük çoğunluğu meme kanserinin belirtileri, kimlerin riskli olduğu ve KKMM nasıl yapılacağı konusunda yetersiz bilgiye sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca genç kadınların %13,3'ü KKMM yapmaktadır. Çevresinde meme kanseri olan genç kadınlar KKMM çevresinde meme kanseri olmayanlara oranla daha fazla yapmaktadırlar (p<0,05). Kadınların yaş ve mezun olduğu okul ile sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları toplam puan...
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