The status of testicular self-examination of male students taking health education and the factors affecting

Abstract

Aim: Early diagnosis of testicular cancer will reduce the adverse effects of the treatment process reduce the cost of treatment and the need for surgical intervention, prevent problems related to fertility, increase the quality of life, shorten the healing time and may be prevent mortality in patients. It is important to perform a self-testicular examination for the early diagnosis of testicular cancer. This study was conducted to determine the status of self-testicular examination of health-educated male students and the factors that affect them.

Material and Methods: This descriptive study was completed with 107 male students studying at a university's health education departments and voluntarily participating. Numbers, percentages, averages, chi square and Spearsman's correlation tests were used in the analysis of the data. The relevant institution and Ethics Committee approvals and participants' informed consent were taken before the research.

Results: There is a family history of cancer of 10.3% of the participants. 33.6% of the students knew to do testicular self-examination and 21.5% of their had regular it. It was determined that in the undregraduate and nursing education areas (82.6%) were found to be significantly higher than those of the other departments at the testicular self-examination levels and the most important reason for not doing was the lack of information on this subject (51.4%).

Conclusion: It is important be a role-model for the community of students who are candidates for health professional that know how to do testicular self-examination and do it regularly.

Keywords

• Early diagnosis,men,testicular self examination

Sağlık eğitimi alan erkek öğrencilerin kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapma durumları ve etkileyen faktörler

Abstract

Amaç: Testis kanserinin erken teşhisi hastalarda tedavi sürecinin olumsuz etkilerini, tedavi maliyetini ve cerrahi müdahale gerekliliği azaltacak, doğurganlıkla ilgili problemler önlenebilecek, yaşam kalitesi artacak, iyileşme süresi kısalarak, mortalite önlenebilecektir. Testis kanserinin erken teşhisi için kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapılması önemlidir. Bu çalışma, sağlık eğitimi alan erkek öğrencilerin kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapma durumlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu tanımlayıcı araştırma bir üniversitenin sağlık alanında eğitim veren bölümlerinde okuyan ve gönüllü olarak katılan 107 erkek öğrenci ile tamamlanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde sayı, yüzde, ortalamalar, ki kare ve Spearsman’s korelasyon testleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırma için ilgili kurum, etik kurul ve öğrencilerin onamları alınmıştır.

Bulgular: Öğrencilerin %10,3’ünün ailesinde kanser öyküsü bulunmaktadır. Öğrencilerin %33.6’sı kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapmayı bilmekte ve %21,5’i düzenli yapmaktadır. Lisans düzeyinde ve hemşirelik eğitimi alanların (%82,6) kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapma düzeylerinin diğer bölümlerde eğitim alanlardan anlamlı şekilde yüksek olduğu, muayene yapmamalarının en önemli nedeninin bu konuda bilgilerinin olmaması (%51,4) olduğu saptanmıştır.

Sonuç: Sağlık profesyoneli olmaya aday olan bu öğrencilerin kendi kendine testis muayenesi yapmayı bilmesi ve düzenli yapması topluma rol modeli olmaları açısından önemlidir.  

Keywords

• Erken teşhis,erkek,kendi kendine testis muayenesi

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