Does education variability change testicular cancer awareness and testicular self-examination?
To investigate the awareness about testicular cancer and testicular self examination among medical students and the community. The cross-sectional comparative study was conducted from January to April 2019 at Tekirdag, Turkey, and comprised young male medical students aged 18-26 years and an age-mat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2021-06, Vol.71 (6), p.1592-10 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To investigate the awareness about testicular cancer and testicular self examination among medical students and the community.
The cross-sectional comparative study was conducted from January to April 2019 at Tekirdag, Turkey, and comprised young male medical students aged 18-26 years and an age-matched control group of male high school graduates. Data was collected using face-to-face survey through a 15-question survey form. Data was analysed and compared using SPSS 20.
Of the 345 subjects, 174(50.4%) were medical students and 171(49.6%) were in the control group. The mean age of the medical students was 21.51±2.02 years and that of the control group was 22.04±1.45 years (p=0.435). The awereness about testicular self examination was among 91(52.3%) medical students and 32(23%) controls (p |
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ISSN: | 0030-9982 |
DOI: | 10.47391/JPMA.1420 |