The influence of sociodemographic factors on awareness, knowledge and attitude toward andropause among health professionals in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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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.

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Fatusi, A. O., Ijadunola, K. T., Ojofeitimi, E. O., Odumabo, A. O., Adewuyi, A. A., Akinyemi, A., … Aderounmu, A. O. (2004). The influence of sociodemographic factors on awareness, knowledge and attitude toward andropause among health professionals in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Aging Male, 7(4), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1080/13685530400016656

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