Gungor Ilkay, Rathfisch Gulay, Kizilkaya Beji Nezihe, Yarar Makbule, Karamanoglu Fatma
Department of Women's Health and Diseases Nursing, Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Clin Nurs. 2013 Dec;22(23-24):3418-27. doi: 10.1111/jocn.12097. Epub 2013 Aug 19.
To investigate the risk-taking behaviours and beliefs about fertility among university students in Turkey.
Young people are usually ignorant about reproductive health and engage in risky practices.
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
The convenience sample of the study was consisted of 1030 undergraduate students. Data were collected using a self-administered question form, and students' reproductive health and lifestyle behaviours related with infertility, their beliefs about the risk factors and fertility myths were questioned.
The mean age of the students was 20.4 (SD = 2) and ranged between the ages of 16-37. Sexual activity rate was higher among men and 47% of men had more than one sexual partner. Condom use rate was low among women. Underweight was more common among women, while overweight was seen more among men. Students mostly did not exercise regularly. Alcohol was not common, and the rates of smoking were 15% and 23% for women and men, respectively. Only 35-50% of students thought that smoking, alcohol, stress, sexually transmitted diseases, infections, pollution, chemicals, radiation and cancer treatment could be risk factors for fertility. Advanced age and obesity were seen as risk factors for women. Of the students, 50-65% believed that having more than one sexual partner, being underweight, high-level exercise, excessive caffeine, chronic disease and medications could not have an effect on fertility. Women were more concerned about being infertile, and half of students believed that infertility is preventable.
Turkish university students have insufficient knowledge of reproductive health, and they have false beliefs that might affect their risk perception or views about fertility.
Reproductive healthcare services for young adults should be made more widespread and accessible, and nurses, health providers and instructors should be supportive of them in these matters.
调查土耳其大学生的冒险行为及对生育的看法。
年轻人通常对生殖健康无知且有冒险行为。
描述性横断面研究。
本研究的便利样本由1030名本科生组成。通过自填式问卷收集数据，询问学生与不孕相关的生殖健康和生活方式行为、对风险因素及生育误区的看法。
学生的平均年龄为20.4岁（标准差=2），年龄范围在16至37岁之间。男性的性活动率更高，47%的男性有不止一个性伴侣。女性的避孕套使用率较低。女性中体重过轻更为常见，而男性中超重更为常见。学生大多不经常锻炼。饮酒不普遍，女性和男性的吸烟率分别为15%和23%。只有35%至50%的学生认为吸烟、饮酒、压力、性传播疾病、感染、污染、化学物质、辐射和癌症治疗可能是生育的风险因素。高龄和肥胖被视为女性的风险因素。50%至65%的学生认为有不止一个性伴侣、体重过轻、高强度运动、过量咖啡因、慢性病和药物治疗不会对生育有影响。女性更担心不孕，一半的学生认为不孕是可以预防的。
土耳其大学生对生殖健康知识不足，且有一些可能影响其风险认知或生育观念的错误看法。
应为年轻人提供更广泛且易获得的生殖健康护理服务，护士、健康服务提供者和教师在这些问题上应给予支持。
