Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Testicular Cancer and Testicular Self-Examination among Male Students Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Chitwan, Nepal
Table 6
Association between KAP levels regarding testicular cancer and testicular self-examination and sociodemographic variables.
Level of knowledge
Level of attitude
Level of practice
Variables
Category
Good (%)
Poor (%)
value
Favorable (%)
Unfavorable (%)
value
Performed (%)
Not performed (%)
value
Age in group
25 years
125 (39.8)
189 (60.2)
118 (37.6)
196 (62.4)
27 (8.6)
287 (91.4)
25 years
49 (55.7)
39 (44.3)
0.008
14 (15.9)
74 (84.1)
<0.001
19 (21.6)
69 (78.4)
0.001
Marital status
Unmarried
138 (40.7)
201 (59.3)
117 (34.5)
222 (65.5)
27 (8)
312 (92)
Married
36 (57.1)
27 (42.9)
0.016
15 (23.8)
48 (76.2)
0.097
19 (30.2)
44 (69.8)
<0.001
Religion
Hinduism
158 (43.9)
202 (56.1)
119 (33.1)
241 (66.9)
42 (11.7)
318 (88.3%)
Other than Hinduism
16 (38.1)
26 (61.9)
0.473
13 (31)
29 (69)
0.784
4 (9.5%)
38 (90.5%)
0.680
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chettri
115 (39.8)
174 (66.2)
108 (37.4)
181 (62.6)
29 (10)
260 (90)
Other than Brahmin/Chettri
59 (52.2)
54 (47.8)
0.024
24 (21.2)
89 (78.8)
0.002
17 (15)
96 (85)
0.156
Education level
1st, 2nd, and 3rd year
50 (29.6)
119 (70.4)
63 (37.5)
106 (62.5)
16 (9.5)
153 (90.5)
4th year
124 (53.2)
109 (46.8)
<0.001
69 (29.6)
164 (70.4)
0.106
30 (12.9)
203 (87.1)
0.289
Family history
Yes
2 (25.0)
6 (75.0)
8 (100)
0 (0)
2 (25)
6 (75)
No
172 (43.7)
222 (56.3)
0.2920
132 (33.5)
262 (66.5)
0.046
44 (11.2)
350 (88.8)
0.224
Testicular abnormality
Yes
34 (66.7)
17 (33.3)
10 (19.6)
41 (80.4)
11 (21.6)
40 (78.4)
No
140 (39.9)
211 (60.1)
<0.001
182 (34.8)
229 (65.2)
0.031
35 (10)
316 (90)
0.015
Sources of information
Health worker
56 (38.4)
90 (61.6)
0.132
55 (37.7)
91 (62.3)
0.119
31 (21.2)
115 (78.8)
<0.001
Sex education
52 (37.4)
87 (62.6)
0.084
52 (37.4)
87 (62.6)
0.156
29 (20.9)
110 (79.1)
<0.001
Mass media
116 (41.9)
161 (58.1)
0.397
107 (38.6)
170 (61.4)
<0.001
37 (13.4)
240 (86.6)
0.0073
Parents and teachers
28 (20.6)
108 (79.4)
<0.001
51 (37.5)
85 (62.5)
0.154
20 (14.7)
116 (85.3)
0.142
%: percentage; value of less than 0.05 is considered significant.
