Testicular self-examination in young adult XXXX .

@entity10523 @entity1
PURPOSE: To describe patterns of @entity10523 ( @entity10523 ) in a sample of young adult @entity1 and to identify factors distinguishing between @entity1 who do and do not practice @entity10523 . DESIGN: A comparative descriptive design with a convenience sample of 191 adult @entity1 aged 18-35 years, recruited from a large industrial complex in the U.S. Midwest. Data were collected during several occupational health fairs held from 1999-2001. METHODS: A self-report, 75-item health risk appraisal (HRA) was administered to identify health-related lifestyle habits. @entity1 who did and did not perform @entity10523 regularly were compared using Mann-Whitney U statistics for discrete variables and t tests for continuous data. Discriminant function analysis was used to identify factors allowing prediction of frequent or infrequent @entity10523 performance. FINDINGS: Sixty-four percent of 191 @entity1 reported rarely or never performing @entity10523 , and 36% practiced @entity10523 monthly or every few months. @entity1 who infrequently performed @entity10523 were more often African American or Hispanic and had less than a college education. Other significant factors associated with infrequent @entity10523 practice included less satisfaction with current job assignment; less satisfaction with life in general; greater worries interfering with daily life; more serious family problems in dealing with spouse, @entity1 , or parents; and reduced availability of @entity1 to turn to for support. CONCLUSIONS: Demographic and socioeconomic variables were related to @entity10523 knowledge and performance. Further investigation is required to determine why @entity1 , especially ethnic minority @entity1 , are not performing this important cancer-screening activity.
