Awareness among Male Students of Benguet State University on Testicular Cancer

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the awareness male students on testicular Cancer of Benguet State University. Variables such as age, college, year level, religion and ethnic affiliation were used to determine whether they have a significant influence on the level of awareness on testicular cancer of BSU undergraduate students. The study was Benguet State University, La Trinidad Benguet from December 2016 to February 2017. The respondents totaled, using slovin’s formula, were three hundred thirty-four (334) students from first to fifth year level from the seven different colleges and two institutes. The main tool for gathering the data was structured questionnaire checklist which was administered personally by researchers. Weighted mean was used to determine the level of awareness or the respondents to testicular cancer. The t-test was used to test the significant differences between two groups while the f-test was used to the test the significant differences between three or more groups. The findings of the study revealed that BSU undergraduate students are slightly aware of testicular cancer. Age, year level, religion and ethnic affiliation did not reveal significant differences.