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Testicular cancer awareness and testicular self-examination among university students
Ziyafet Ugurlu1, Gulcihan Akkuzu, Azize Karahan
1Department of Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. skav@baskent.edu.tr
Background:
This study was planned to determine the knowledge of testicular cancer (TC), risk factors and testicular self-examination (TSE) among university students.
Methods:
A survey study was conducted at a university located in Ankara, Turkey with 634 male students.
Results:
Almost half of them (44%) heard TC during their education and life but majority of participants has lack of knowledge about sign and symptoms of TC. Only 5.9 % of them (n = 38) indicated they received information on TSE and 17.7 % have performed the practice of TSE before; only one in a forth (n=21) performed monthly. The reason for not doing TSE was mostly (83.4%) 'not having knowledge' and 'not seen as important' (55.7%).
Conclusions:
Adding the education on TC, risk factors and TSE into their curriculum is proposed.
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