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15799122

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
A descriptive study of the awareness, knowledge and attitude of health professionals toward andropause was conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeria with the aim of assessing the influence of sociodemographic variables of the respondents on their perspectives of the subject matter. The study employed a structured questionnaire to assess respondents' level of awareness and knowledge, and Likert-type scales to rate respondents' attitudes. A total of 187 (45%) respondents indicated previous awareness of andropause, with younger people (aged below 40 years) displaying better awareness compared with the older ones (p = 0.05), and more doctors than 'other technical health professionals' displaying better awareness when compared with health administrators (p < 0.001). However, only 93 (23%) respondents demonstrated a good knowledge of andropause, with more females compared with males recording good knowledge scores (p = 0.01). While a slightly higher proportion of older respondents (aged 40 years and above) compared with younger ones demonstrated good knowledge of andropause, age and marital status were not significantly related to knowledge of the subject matter. While only 23 (5.4%) respondents displayed a positive attitude toward andropause, and respondents' knowledge was found to positively influence their attitude toward it, none of the sociodemographic variables of age, sex or marital status was significantly related to respondents' attitudes. The study concluded that there is still a low level of awareness and knowledge of andropause among health workers in Nigeria, unlike what obtains in more developed countries of the world, and called for active education of both health professionals and the general public on the subject matter of andropause and other related male reproductive health concerns in the country.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1368-5538
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
269-79
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of sociodemographic factors on awareness, knowledge and attitude toward andropause among health professionals in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article