NON MEDICAL MALE STUDENTS^ KNOWLEDGE OF THE RISKS OF MALE INFERTILITY Ineke Patrisia (1)*, Steven Mbaradita (2), Santo Antonius Lefrand (3), Juwita Fransiska Br Surbakti (4)
1) Lecturer, Nursing Management, Faculty of Nursing Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
2,3) Student, Faculty of Nursing Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
4) Clinical Educator, Faculty of Nursing Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia
Corresponding author and e-mail: Ineke Patrisia (ineke.patrisia[at]uph.edu)
Abstract
Background: Male reproductive health is rarely a concern compared to women^s reproductive health. This unconsciously makes men unaware of their reproductive health, including about fertility. The reported prevalence of infertility in Indonesia was 21.3% and 40% factor of this prevalence comes from the male. As we conducted an interview, two in five students at a private university in Western Indonesia said they do not know the risk of infertility.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge of non medical male students about the risk of infertility.
Material and methods: The research method used was quantitative descriptive. Study was conducted at private University in Western Indonesia in May-June 2020. The samples of this study were 63 persons of male non medical students selected with the convenience sampling technique. The instrument in this study was questionnaires that based on literature and have been tested for validity and reliability.
Results: Research showed that 54% non medical students have a good knowledge, 36.5% non medical students have enough knowledge and 9.5% non medical students have less knowledge. The higher percentage were the respondents at age 19 years old and amounting 78% of respondents obtain the source of infertility information from the internet.
Conclusions: Based on the knowledge of all non-medical male students as well as the resources used, students may need health information from experts. Further studies should be conducted in identifying the effect of providing reproductive health information by experts on the level of knowledge of non-health students.
Keywords: knowledge- male infertility- male students- the risk of infertility
