%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of individuals¡¯ health beliefs and their association with testicular self
%A Banu Terzi
%A Kenan G¨¹m¨¹£¿
%J Journal of Research in Nursing
%@ 1744-988X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1744987118791337
%X Testicular self-examination is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer; the nature of the examination itself influences individuals¡¯ health beliefs about testicular self-examination. This descriptive research study was carried out using 152 individuals working at Amasya University between August and November 2016. A personal information form and Champion¡¯s Health Belief Model Scale were used for the data collection stage of this research. Descriptive statistical tests, Mann¨CWhitney U test, Kruskal¨CWallis variance analysis and Cronbach¡¯s alpha were used in the data analysis stage. Analysis of respondents¡¯ sociodemographic data revealed that the study participants¡¯ mean age was 38.88£¿¡À£¿9.36, and that 112 participants (73.7%) were married and 76 participants (50.0%) had a graduate degree at the time the study was conducted. Of the research participants, 134 (88.2%) had no training on testicular self-examination; a statistically significant difference (p£¿<£¿0.05) was found between participants¡¯ consciousness of their capability to perform testicular self-examination on their own and the mean factor scores of the Champion¡¯s Health Belief Model Scale¡¯s ¡®barriers of testicular self-examination¡¯ and ¡®self-effectiveness¡¯ items. The study found that health beliefs play a part in individuals¡¯ positive health behaviours regarding testicular self-examination
%K adults
%K Champion¡¯s Health Belief Model Scale
%K health attitude
%K health belief
%K nursing
%K self-examination
%K testicular cancer
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1744987118791337