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Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014
BACKGROUND: Andropause in men refers to the clinical and biochemical syndrome associated with advanced age and characterized by a deficiency in serum testosterone levels. With the increase in aging male population and life span in Iran and focus on quality of life, andropause will become a major hea...
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793728 |
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author | Abootalebi, Maliheh Kargar, Marzieh Jahanbin, Iran Sharifi, Alireza Amin Sharafi, Zahra |
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description | BACKGROUND: Andropause in men refers to the clinical and biochemical syndrome associated with advanced age and characterized by a deficiency in serum testosterone levels. With the increase in aging male population and life span in Iran and focus on quality of life, andropause will become a major health issue that needs to be addressed in order to prevent disability. The results of some research have shown that there is still low level of knowledge and attitude toward andropause among health professionals. This study aimed at assessing the level of knowledge and attitude of general physicians regarding andropause in 2014. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 402 general physicians in Shiraz. A researcher-made questionnaire was developed for assessing the level of knowledge and attitude of general physicians about andropause. SPSS 18 was used to analyze the data, and descriptive statistics, ANOVA and Pearson correlation were applied for data analysis. RESULTS: The mean score of knowledge and attitude about andropause was 29.4 out of 76 and 35.1 out of 45, respectively. The findings showed a poor level of knowledge and positive attitude toward andropause among general physicians. There was a significant relationship between occupational status and knowledge about andropause (P<0.001). There was a statistically significant relationship between attitude and demographic characteristics (P<0.05). The correlation between knowledge and attitude toward andropause was not statistically significant (P=0.548). CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study indicate the need for designing educational interventions to improve the knowledge and attitude of andropause among general physicians. |
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spelling | pubmed-47098122016-01-20 Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 Abootalebi, Maliheh Kargar, Marzieh Jahanbin, Iran Sharifi, Alireza Amin Sharafi, Zahra Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery Original Article BACKGROUND: Andropause in men refers to the clinical and biochemical syndrome associated with advanced age and characterized by a deficiency in serum testosterone levels. With the increase in aging male population and life span in Iran and focus on quality of life, andropause will become a major health issue that needs to be addressed in order to prevent disability. The results of some research have shown that there is still low level of knowledge and attitude toward andropause among health professionals. This study aimed at assessing the level of knowledge and attitude of general physicians regarding andropause in 2014. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 402 general physicians in Shiraz. A researcher-made questionnaire was developed for assessing the level of knowledge and attitude of general physicians about andropause. SPSS 18 was used to analyze the data, and descriptive statistics, ANOVA and Pearson correlation were applied for data analysis. RESULTS: The mean score of knowledge and attitude about andropause was 29.4 out of 76 and 35.1 out of 45, respectively. The findings showed a poor level of knowledge and positive attitude toward andropause among general physicians. There was a significant relationship between occupational status and knowledge about andropause (P<0.001). There was a statistically significant relationship between attitude and demographic characteristics (P<0.05). The correlation between knowledge and attitude toward andropause was not statistically significant (P=0.548). CONCLUSION: The findings of the present study indicate the need for designing educational interventions to improve the knowledge and attitude of andropause among general physicians. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2016-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4709812/ /pubmed/26793728 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Abootalebi, Maliheh Kargar, Marzieh Jahanbin, Iran Sharifi, Alireza Amin Sharafi, Zahra Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title | Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title_full | Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title_short | Knowledge and Attitude about Andropause Among General Physicians in Shiraz, Iran 2014 |
title_sort | knowledge and attitude about andropause among general physicians in shiraz, iran 2014 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26793728 |
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