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 7
Logistic regression analysis for sociodemographic factors associated with KAP regarding testicular cancer and testicular self-examination.
Level of knowledge
Level of attitude
Level of practice
Variables
AOR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Age in group (25 years vs. above 25 yrs)
1.122 (0.621-2.028)
0.703
0.362 (0.186-0.706)
0.003
0.396 (0.191-0.821)
0.013
Marital status (unmarried vs. married)
4.516 (1.962-10.397)
<0.001
0.524 (0.241-1.141)
0.104
0.347 (0.156-0.775)
0.010
Religion (Hinduism vs. other religions)
1.552 (0.637-3.779)
0.333
0.724 (0.314-1.669)
0.449
0.478 (0.137-1.668)
0.247
Ethnicity (Brahmin/Chettri vs. others)
2.606 (1.443-4.709)
0.002
0.399 (0.218-0.728)
0.003
0.593 (0.277-1.272)
0.179
Education (1st, 2nd, 3rd year vs. 4th year)
2.568 (1.549-4.258)
<0.001
0.895 (0.554-1.445)
0.650
0.928 (0.437-1.974)
0.847
Sources of information, health worker (yes vs. no)
0.389 (0.571-2.671)
0.337
2.656 (0.480-14.697)
0.263
0.373 (0.551-2.522)
0.312
Sex education (yes vs. no)
1.457 (0.221-9.622)
0.696
0.445 (0.083-2.376)
0.343
0.774 (0.127-4.728)
0.781
Mass media (yes vs. no)
1.276 (0.732-2.224)
0.389
2.346 (1.328-4.143)
0.003
0.955 (0.373-2.447)
0.924
Parents and teachers (yes vs. no)
0.551 (0.024-0.127)
<0.001
1.956 (1.162-3.291)
0.012
1.407 (0.623-3.177)
0.380
Family history (yes vs. no)
2.410 (0.266-21.835)
2.410
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0.314 (0.050-1.975)
0.217
Testicular abnormality (yes vs. no)
12.827 (4.850-33.924)
<0.001
0.426 (0.189-0.960)
0.039
0.868 (0.3422.204)
0.766
Reference group. AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. value of less than 0.05 is considered significant.
