A Survey of Awareness and Practice of Testicular Self-Examination among Male Medical Students in Wuhan
Objective:To investigate the current situation of awareness and practice testicular self-examination(TSE)among medical students in Wuhan,and to explore the relationship between TSE knowledge and practice.Methods:A total of 500 male medical students from the First Clinical College and the Second Clinical College of Wuhan University,the School of Health and Nursing,Wuchang Institute of Technology,the Department of Medicine,Wuhan City College and the Hubei University of Chinese Medicine from January 2023 to November 2023 were selected by convenient sampling.The present situation of TSE consciousness,practice and knowledge of male medical students,and the barriers and facilitators influencing TSE practice,were analyzed by using the Chinese version of TSE consciousness scale.Results:The average age of the 500 respondents was(21.93±1.72)years,only 45.4％of the students had heard of TSE.In terms of TSE awareness,31.3％respondents believed that all men should understand TSE,57.7％believed that TSE contributes to the early diagnosis of TC,and 43.6％believed that men should start TSE between 21 and 25 years of age,52.9％of the students did not know the optimal frequency of TSE.In terms of TSE practice,only 37.4％of the students had ever done TSE,but only 22.5％practiced regularly,and 22.0％of the students knew the procedures and procedures of TSE.On the TSE knowledge,the accuracy of four items is above 50％,and the accuracy of the remaining five items is less than 50％.In terms of barriers and facilitators influencing TSE practice,for most respondents,the barrier to TSE was their fear of finding a lump and feeling embarrassed about TSE,and felt that the test should be done only in older men.Conclusions:It is necessary to emphasize the importance of TSE in the training of medical students,so that these students acquire the health knowledge and skills of TSE,and encourage male medical students to undergo TSE regularly,so as to better promote the social effect in public health education.
Schools,medicalStudentsTesticular neoplasmsOrganization and administrationHealth educationTesticular self-examination
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