The Knowledge, Beliefs and Practises of University Students on Testicular Cancer and Testicular Self-Examination

Altınel, Büşra; Avcı, İlknur Aydın

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“…Other studies have reported similar (57.6% (Altinel and Aydin Avci, 2013), 60.9% (Yilmaz et al, 2009)), less (11.3% (Rudberg et al, 2005), 23.3% (Gocgeldi et al, 2011)) or higher (91.0% (Khadra andOakeshott, 2002), 80.0% (Asgar Pour andCam , 2014), 90.6% (Moore and Topping, 1999)) ratios compared to our findings. Given the fact that study group were graduates of Health High School and Health College and worked at healthcare environments, higher ratio of hearing TC than the other group is an expected finding.…”

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“…Therefore, "early diagnosis and treatment" is very important in TC. One of the ways to early detect TC is regular self-exam of testicles (TSE) (Altinel and Aydin Avci, 2013). Many of TC cases are firstly detected by the patient either with TSE done regular or without knowing or some are determined with routine physical examinations.…”

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“…The importance of TC and TSE should be told and the right application method should be taught to these subjects. Health care professionals, mainly nurses, have great roles in this issue (Yilmaz et al, 2009;Altinel et al, 2013;Asgar Pour and Cam, 2014).…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Technicians Working at Hospitals Towards Testicular Cancer and Self-examination of Testicles in Turkey

Öztürk¹,

Ünalan²,

Güleser³

2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Technicians Working at Hospitals Towards Testicular Cancer and Self-examination of Testicles in Turkey

Öztürk¹,

Ünalan²,

Güleser³

2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…One of the method to detect TC is regular self-exam of testicles. 8 It is highly recommended to seek medical help if one experiences some of the following symptoms; lump in one testis or hardening of one of the testicles, significant increase or decrease in the size of one testis, abnormal sensitivity, loss of sexual activity, blood in or watery semen, generally feeling tired and buildup of fluid within the scrotum. 9 As American Cancer Society (ACS) recommendation, all men should examine their testicles by themselves monthly after puberty.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards testicular self-examination among regular undergraduate non-health sciences university students, Debre Tabor, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia

Zeleke¹,

Argaw²,

Kefale³

2019

JCPCR

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Background: Testicular self-examination is a screening technique that involves inspection and palpation of the testes for early detection of testicular cancer. The incidence of testicular cancer among 15-35 aged males have increased worldwide though being rare in the general population. In spite of increase, nine out of ten testicular cancer cases can be detected by testicular self-examination and almost 90% can be cured if earlier detected. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of testicular-self-examination and associated factors among nonhealth sciences Debre Tabor University undergraduate regular students, North West Ethiopia Methods: An institution based cross -sectional quantitative study among 422 students was conducted. Study participants were stratified based on their year and field of study. After proportional allocation study subjects were selected by simple random sampling method. Pretested structured self-administered questionnaire was used. The data was entered to Epidata version 3.1statistical software and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences version 22.0. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses were carried out. Results:A total of 422 respondents were participated with a response rate of (98.3%). Out of the respondents (31.8%) had good knowledge, almost half (51.3%) of respondents had favorable attitude and (11.8%) had good practice for testicular selfexamination. The major reason (62.0%) to not perform testicular self-examination was lack of knowledge about testicular self-examination.Conclusion: Testicular self-examination knowledge and practice among respondents were inadequate due to lack of health promotion for testicular self-examination, but their attitude towards TSE was optimal. Improving information dissemination about TSE and TC may help to reduce the presentation of patients at advanced stages of TC and may reduce costs incurred in their management.

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“…and 'Frequency of TSE that you performed during the last year'. This form was prepared by researchers in the context of the literature (Altınel and Aydın Avcı, 2013;Dog˘an et al, 2016;Pınar et al, 2011;Ramim et al, 2014); however, the validity and reliability of the items were not confirmed.…”

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Evaluation of individuals’ health beliefs and their association with testicular self-examination: adult sample from Amasya

Gümüş

Terzi̇

2018

Journal of Research in Nursing

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Background: Testicular self-examination is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer; the nature of the examination itself influences individuals' health beliefs about testicular self-examination. Methods: This descriptive research study was carried out using 152 individuals working at Amasya University between August and November 2016. A personal information form and Champion's Health Belief Model Scale were used for the data collection stage of this research. Descriptive statistical tests, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis and Cronbach's alpha were used in the data analysis stage. Results: Analysis of respondents' sociodemographic data revealed that the study participants' mean age was 38.88 AE 9.36, and that 112 participants (73.7%) were married and 76 participants (50.0%) had a graduate degree at the time the study was conducted. Of the research participants, 134 (88.2%) had no training on testicular self-examination; a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was found between participants' consciousness of their capability to perform testicular self-examination on their own and the mean factor scores of the Champion's Health Belief Model Scale's 'barriers of testicular self-examination' and 'self-effectiveness' items. Conclusion: The study found that health beliefs play a part in individuals' positive health behaviours regarding testicular self-examination.

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The Knowledge, Beliefs and Practises of University Students on Testicular Cancer and Testicular Self-Examination

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Technicians Working at Hospitals Towards Testicular Cancer and Self-examination of Testicles in Turkey

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Technicians Working at Hospitals Towards Testicular Cancer and Self-examination of Testicles in Turkey

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards testicular self-examination among regular undergraduate non-health sciences university students, Debre Tabor, Amhara Regional State, North West Ethiopia

Evaluation of individuals’ health beliefs and their association with testicular self-examination: adult sample from Amasya

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