Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Nursing Students in a Greek University Regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Instruments
2.4. Ethical Approval
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Socio-Demographic Characteristics
3.2. Students’ General Knowledge and Attitude toward STIs
3.3. Students’ Attitudes toward Sexual Behavior and STI Prevention
3.4. Students’ Education on STIs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Socio-Demographic Characteristics | Number (Percentage) | |
---|---|---|
Medicine | Nursing | |
Total number of participants | 106 (45.9%) | 125 (54.1%) |
Gender | ||
| 30 (28.3%) | 22 (17.6%) |
| 76 (71.7%) | 103 (82.4%) |
Age (years) | ||
| 21 (19.8%) | 85 (68.0%) |
| 55 (51.9%) | 31 (24.8%) |
| 27 (25.5%) | 4 (2.4%) |
| 3 (2.8%) | 5 (4.0%) |
Ethnicity | ||
| 102 (96.2%) | 119 (95.2%) |
| 4 (3.8%) | 4 (3.2%) |
| 0 | 2 (1.6%) |
Year of study | ||
| 9 (8.5%) | 30 (24%) |
| 27 (25.5%) | 27 (21.6%) |
| 68 (65.1%) | 68 (54.4%) |
Type of Family | ||
| 101 (95.3%) | 106 (84.8%) |
| 3 (2.8%) | 15 (12.1%) |
| 2(1.9%) | 4 (3.2%) |
Department | Total | p Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Students | Nursing Students | ||||
Your first source of information regarding sexual issues | Family | 32 (30.2%) | 45 (36%) | 77 | 1.000 |
Friends | 12 (11.4%) | 9 (7.2%) | 21 | 1.000 | |
Media | 31 (29.2%) | 17 (13.6%) | 48 | 0.022 | |
Teachers | 26 (24.5%) | 49 (39.2%) | 75 | 1.000 | |
Doctors | 4 (3.8%) | 3 (2.4%) | 7 | 1.000 | |
None | 1 (0.9%) | 2 (1.6%) | 3 | 1.000 | |
Total | 106 (100%) | 125 (100%) | 231 |
Department | Total | p Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Students | Nursing Students | ||||
Condom use | Sometimes | 84 (83.2%) | 105 (88.2%) | 189 | 1.000 |
When necessary | 7 (6.9%) | 5 (4.2%) | 12 | 1.000 | |
Never | 6 (5.9%) | 8 (6.7%) | 14 | 1.000 | |
Always | 2 (1.9) | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
Often | 2 (1.9) | 1 (0.9%) | 3 | 1.000 | |
Total | 101 (100%) | 119 (100%) | 220 |
Question: Your Education about Sexually Transmitted Infections So Far Is: | |||
---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percent | ||
Valid | Satisfactory | 161 | 69.7% |
Incomplete | 34 | 14.7% | |
Complete | 35 | 15.2% | |
Non-existent | 1 | 0.4% | |
Total | 231 | 100 |
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Lagadinou, M.; Spiliopoulou, K.; Paraskevas, T.; Gkentzi, D.; Assimakopoulos, S.; Katsakiori, P.; Leonidou, L.; Marangos, M. Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Nursing Students in a Greek University Regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030251
Lagadinou M, Spiliopoulou K, Paraskevas T, Gkentzi D, Assimakopoulos S, Katsakiori P, Leonidou L, Marangos M. Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Nursing Students in a Greek University Regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(3):251. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030251
Chicago/Turabian StyleLagadinou, Maria, Katerina Spiliopoulou, Themistoklis Paraskevas, Despoina Gkentzi, Stelios Assimakopoulos, Paraskevi Katsakiori, Leonidia Leonidou, and Markos Marangos. 2024. "Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Nursing Students in a Greek University Regarding Sexually Transmitted Diseases" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 3: 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030251